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How to pronounce crucial in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms all-important, all important, essential, of the essence
Derivation cruciality


crucial information.
Type Words
Synonyms important
Derivation cruciality


a crucial moment in his career.
a crucial election.
a crucial issue for women.
Type Words


crucial to the case.

Examples of crucial

crucial
I thought that my 17 and 18-year old years would be very crucial, and they were.
From the news-journalonline.com
Discussion topics are crucial to attracting high-level executives, says Mandell.
From the bloomberg.com
A weak spot was IBM's crucial mainframe business, which saw a 15% sales decline.
From the forbes.com
Funds still withhold crucial information about accounts from their shareholders.
From the businessweek.com
Then the crucial monsoons failed to arrive, which sent food prices skyrocketing.
From the businessweek.com
To others, the profit motive is crucial for addressing the needs of poor people.
From the businessweek.com
This crucial part of the equation is missing in what voters are told in the ads.
From the sfgate.com
He makes crucial business decisions daily, something he couldn't do at the bank.
From the businessweek.com
He falters at the crucial juncture though with an attempted volley into the net.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
  • Having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"
  • All-important(a): of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
  • Crucial is the fourth album release by the Missouri based reggae band Jah Roots. It was released in 2006, was a Billboard Top 100 Best Selling Reggae album for 2006 , and was listed in the "Top Ten Reggae Albums of 2007" on the island of Guam.
  • "Crucial" is New Edition's fourth single from the Heart Break album. The single featured production from Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. ...
  • Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped; Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music
  • From crux. Essential; decisive; critical.
  • Adj. ~ very important; decisive
  • Serious, great, "hard", "dread"