pivotal (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the word *pivotal*:
ADJECTIVE	all	pivotal, polar	being of crucial importance

pivotal pronunciation
Sounds	pih'vahtahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

Englishpivotal: 1 sense adjective 1
Meaning	Of crucial importance.
Examples	"a pivotal event" "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger
Synonym	polar
Broader	crucial, important	Of extreme / extreme importance
Spanish	básico, central, crucial, elemental, esencial, fundamental, primordial
Catalan	bàsic, central, de màxima importància, elemental, essencial, fonamental, primordial
Nouns	pivot	the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

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