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critical to something collocation of the greatest importance to the way that something will happen or develop, and especially to whether it will be successful: Stable funding is critical to the success of any project. The theme park says the expansion plan is critical to its future. See
critical Adult survival rates are critical to the health of the species. Such detailed discussions are critical to our understanding of the analyses and interpretation of data. The ability to turn out large numbers of core supporters will be critical to the outcome of the election. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Very important or urgent all-important at all costsidiom be a matter of life and/or deathidiom cardinally chief imperative last but not leastidiom leading life-altering life-and-death life-changing overriding primary prime principally prior prized seminal tectonic weighty |