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Main Entry:
determining
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deciding
Synonyms: certain, conclusive, decisive, definitive
Main Entry: fatal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: critical, very important
Synonyms: crucial, decisive, destined, determining, doomed, fateful, final, foreordained, inevitable, predestined, unlucky
Notes: use fatal for something which has caused someone's death; use lethal for something which is capable of killing someone
Antonyms: trivial, unimportant, unnecessary
Main Entry: important
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: valuable, substantial
Synonyms: big, big-league, chief, considerable, conspicuous, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, earnest, essential, esteemed, exceptional, exigent, extensive, far-reaching, foremost, front-page, grave, great, heavy, imperative, importunate, influential, large, marked, material, mattering much, meaningful, momentous, necessary, of moment, of note, of substance, paramount, ponderous, pressing, primary, principal, relevant, salient, serious, signal, significant, something, standout, urgent, vital, weighty
Antonyms: inappreciable, insignificant, little, nonessential, small, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial
Main Entry: life-and-death
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extremely important
Synonyms: all-important, consequential, critical, crucial, determining, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, essential, imperative, important, indispensable, life or death, meaningful, of vital importance, paramount, pivotal, serious, significant, urgent, vital, vitally important
Main Entry: overriding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: central, most important
Synonyms: cardinal, compelling, determining, dominant, final, main, major, number one, overruling, paramount, pivotal, predominant, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, ruling, supreme, ultimate
Antonyms: insignificant, least, unimportant
Main Entry: pivotal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important
Synonyms: cardinal, central, climactic, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, essential, focal, middle, momentous, overriding, overruling, principal, ruling, vital
Antonyms: inconsequential, unimportant, unsubstantial
Main Entry: governing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: commanding
Synonyms: absolute, administrative, ascendant, authoritative, conducting, controlling, determining, directing, dominant, dominating, executive, gubernatorial, guiding, influential, magisterial, mastering, ordering, overseeing, presidential, regulatory, restraining, ruling, superintending, supervisory, supreme
Antonyms: powerless, subordinate, tributary
Main Entry: operating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: causing to function
Synonyms: accomplishing, administering, at work, conducting, contriving, determining, directing, driving, executing, finishing, fulfilling, guiding, maintaining, managing, manipulating, moving, ordering, performing, practicing, regulating, revolving, running, serving, spinning, supervising, sustaining, transacting, turning, using, wielding
Main Entry: standardizing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: normative
Synonyms: balancing, controlling, determining, directing, directive, normalizing, regularizing, regulating, regulative, shifting
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