vital
//ˈvaɪtəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more vital
- Superlative
- most vital
Definitions
1.Relating to or characteristic of life.
2.Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- And doen the heavens afford him vitall food?
- Challenger breathed two or three times with enormous gulps, his lungs roaring as he drew in the vital gas.
- The brain is a vital organ.
3.Invigorating or life-giving.
4.Necessary to continued existence.
- The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3193
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”).
Doublet of jiva and quick.