PIVOTAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does pivotal mean? • PIVOTAL (adjective)
The adjective PIVOTAL has 1 sense:
1. being of crucial importance
Familiarity information: PIVOTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIVOTAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Being of crucial importance
Synonyms:
pivotal; polar
Context examples:
a pivotal event / Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions / the polar events of this study / a polar principal
Similar:
crucial; important (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis)
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