all-important
Definition
- Adjective:
- Of the greatest importance; crucial; essential: "All-important" describes something that is absolutely necessary, vital, or of supreme significance. It emphasizes that the thing is the most critical element in a situation.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The all-important question is whether we can secure funding. (The most crucial question is whether we can secure funding.)
- She held the all-important key to the safe. (She held the vitally important key to the safe.)
- In a job interview, making a good first impression is all-important. (In a job interview, making a good first impression is of the greatest importance.)
Advanced Usage
- "of the essence": This phrase is a close synonym and is often used in formal or legal contexts to mean absolutely necessary and critically important with respect to time or a specific quality.
- In emergency medicine, speed is of the essence. (In emergency medicine, speed is critically important.)
- Used to modify a noun directly, placing strong emphasis on its critical nature.
- The CEO will make the all-important final decision. (The CEO will make the final decision, which is the most crucial one.)
Variants and Related Words
- Crucial (adj): extremely important because it will affect other things.
- Your testimony is crucial to the case.
- Essential (adj): absolutely necessary; extremely important.
- Water is essential for life.
- Vital (adj): absolutely necessary or important; essential.
- It is vital that we act now.
- Paramount (adj): more important than anything else; supreme.
- The safety of the passengers is paramount.
Synonyms
- Critical: of the greatest importance to the way things might happen.
- Indispensable: absolutely necessary.
- Pivotal: of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.
Related Phrases
- Be all-important: To be the single most critical factor.
- In this negotiation, trust is all-important. (In this negotiation, trust is the single most critical factor.)
Related Idioms
- Of paramount importance: A formal idiom meaning the most important thing.
- The confidentiality of the data is of paramount importance.
- Make or break: Describing a factor that will cause either total success or total failure.
- This meeting is the all-important make-or-break moment for the project.
Adjective
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of the greatest importance
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the all-important subject of disarmament
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crucial information
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in chess cool nerves are of the essence
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