crucial
US /ˈkruːʃl/
adjective Target · B2 Văn phòng Kinh doanh chung
Definition
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Effective teamwork plays a crucial role in delivering complex software projects on schedule.
Word Family
NounNoun
cruciality
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
crucial gốc
AdverbAdv
crucially
Synonyms
- vitalurgently needed; absolutely necessary
- essentialanything indispensable
- criticalmarked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
Collocations
- Easy crucial stepdescribing crucial step (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis)
- Medium play a crucial role in negotiationsto play a crucial role in negotiations, meaning to participate in games or sport
- Hard crucial turning point in negotiationsdescribing crucial turning point in negotiations (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis)
- Very Hard prove crucial to the ultimate outcometo prove crucial to the ultimate outcome, meaning to be shown or be found to be
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