Crucial ˈkruːʃl Process Adjective Weeks Private Security Cameras

• the next few weeks are going to be crucial.
• private security cameras can prove crucial in some investigations.
• parents play a crucial role in preparing their child for school.
• this step is a crucial part of the process.

crucial

1. extremely important, because it will affect other things
• SYNONYM critical
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• The next few weeks are going to be crucial.
• Private security cameras can prove crucial in some investigations.
• Parents play a crucial role in preparing their child for school.
• This step is a crucial part of the process.
• a crucial step/point
• He wasn't there at the crucial moment (= when he was needed most).
• a crucial element/factor/question/issue
• topics of crucial importance
• Winning this contract is absolutely crucial to our long term success.
• The talks are crucial for the success of the plan.
• Early detection is crucial in the fight against cancer.
• It is crucial that we get this right.
• The summit was crucial in shaping the reform process.

Extra Examples

• Secrecy is crucial to this police operation.
• A crucial factor affecting educational performance is the competence of the teacher.
• Getting these procedures right is of crucial importance.
• Winning this contract is crucial to the success of the company.

Word Origin

• early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘cross-shaped’): from French, from Latin crux, cruc- ‘cross’. The sense ‘decisive’ is from Francis Bacon's Latin phrase instantia crucis ‘crucial instance’, which he explained as a metaphor from a crux or fingerpost marking a fork at a crossroad; Newton and Boyle took up the metaphor in experimentum crucis ‘crucial experiment’.