• adj.
    ⦿urgently needed; absolutely necessary
    lexical concept
  • a critical element of the plan
  • critical medical supplies
  • of vital interest
  • vital for a healthy society

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:critical
  2. enl:vital
wn:interlingual indexili:i4951
wn:eq synonymdn:vital§1a

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelcriticalvital