Vital

//ˈvaɪtəl// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or characteristic of life.

    "vital energies; vital functions; vital actions"

  2. 2
    Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

    "The brain is a vital organ."

  3. 3
    Invigorating or life-giving.
  4. 4
    Necessary to continued existence.

    "The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation."

  5. 5
    Relating to the recording of life events.

    "Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records."

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  1. 6
    Very important.

    "It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework."

  2. 7
    Containing life; living.

    "spirits that live throughout, vital in every part"

  3. 8
    Lively, having vitality

    "Montreal is a charming vital city with a large lesbian and gay population which clusters around a neighborhood not far from the center of town."

  4. 9
    Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

    "Pythagoras and Hippocrates […] affirming the birth of the seventh month to be vital."

Adjective
  1. 1
    manifesting or characteristic of life wordnet
  2. 2
    full of spirit; full of life wordnet
  3. 3
    performing an essential function in the living body wordnet
  4. 4
    urgently needed; absolutely necessary wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“I live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.

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