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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to,
     or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
     pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a
     battle.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to,
     or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
     pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a
     battle.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pivotal
       adj : being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal
             location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"-
             Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a
             polar principal" [syn: polar]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 αξονικός, κεντρικός
     2 καθοριστικός, σημαντικός, καίριος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Portuguese a.
     (l en pivotal); crucial (gloss: being the most important)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     a.
     1 Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
     2 Being of crucial importance; central, key.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Portuguese a.
     (l en pivotal); crucial (gloss: being the most important)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Portuguese a.
     (l en pivotal); crucial (gloss: being the most important)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Englanti a.
     1 käänteentekevä, ratkaiseva
     2 (yhteys tilastotiede k=en) pivot-, sarana-

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pivotal
     Engelska a.
     (tagg bildligt språk=en) väsentlig, central

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/
  محوري

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pivotal //ˈpɪvətəl// 
  1. основен, централен
  being of crucial importance; central, key
  2. опорен, осов
  of, relating to, or being a pivot

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/ 
  klíčový

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/
  als Drehpunkt dienend , Zapfen…, Angel… [techn.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/
  zentral , Kardinal…, Haupt…, Schlüssel… [übtr.]
        "2011 was a truly pivotal year for the company."  - 2011 war ein ganz entscheidendes Jahr für die Firma.
     Synonyms: central, key
  
   see: pivotal role, pivotal question, pivotal man, pivotal position

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  pivotal //ˈpɪvətəl// 
  keskeinen, käänteentekevä, ratkaiseva
  being of crucial importance; central, key

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/ 
  1. प्रधान
        "He is the pivotal character in the play."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/
  osnovni, osovinski, središnji

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  pivotal /pˈɪvətəl/
  1. kulcs-
  2. forgócsapos
  3. forgó
  4. sarkalatos

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  pivotal //ˈpɪvətəl// 
  1. avgörande, central, huvudsaklig, nyckel-, väsentlig
  being of crucial importance; central, key
  2. pivå-
  of, relating to, or being a pivot

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈpɪvətəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "pivotal":
     acute, axial, behind the scenes, capital, cardinal, causal,
     causative, centermost, central, centralized, centric, centroidal,
     centrosymmetric, charged, clamorous, climacteric, compelling,
     concentrated, constitutive, critical, crucial, crying, decisive,
     determinative, effectual, emergent, essential, etiological,
     exigent, focal, formative, geocentric, high-pressure,
     high-priority, imperative, imperious, important, insistent,
     instant, institutive, kairotic, key, loaded, middle, middlemost,
     midmost, momentous, occasional, omphalic, originative, overriding,
     overruling, pregnant, pressing, principal, radical, ruling,
     significant, umbilical, urgent, vital

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 关键的；枢轴的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 枢轴的,关键的

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