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"word": "élan vital"
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"word": "noeud vital"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷeyh₃-"
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"5": "of life, life-giving"
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{
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"etymology_text": "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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"text": "vital energies; vital functions; vital actions",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XX, page 34:",
"text": "But open converse is there none,\nSo much the vital spirits sink\nTo see the vacant chair, and think,\n‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’",
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}
],
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"roman": "ḥayawiyy",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "حَيَوِيّ"
},
{
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"roman": "kensakan",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "կենսական"
},
{
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "həyati"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
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"roman": "žyccjóvy",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жыццёвы"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žíznen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жи́знен"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vitálen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "вита́лен"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngmìng de",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "生命的"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životní"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitální"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "levens-"
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{
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitala"
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "elin-"
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "sasicocxlo",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლო"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "Lebens-"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zotikós",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "ζωτικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitale"
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{
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "ömırlık",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "өмірлік"
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{
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"code": "kk",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "өмірдің"
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "тіршілік"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "saengmyeong-ui",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "생명의"
},
{
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tiricilik",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "тиричилик"
},
{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vītālis"
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"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "životen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "животен"
},
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"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "vitalen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "витален"
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{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "livsviktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hayâti",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "حیاتی"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "życiowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "witalny"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
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{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznennyj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жи́зненный"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "жѝвотан"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ви̏та̄лан"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "žìvotan"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vȉtālan"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životný"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitálny"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitalen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hayoti",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "ҳаётӣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "yaşamsal"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttjévyj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "життє́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttʹovýj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "життьови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "hayotiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 6 1 2 4 1 5 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "đời sống"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The brain is a vital organ.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:",
"text": "And doen the heavens afford him vitall food?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1925, Seba Eldridge, The Organization of Life, page 164:",
"text": "We have argued that organizatory agents are operative in all vital processes, processes that overstep the limits of the physicochemical; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
"text": "Challenger breathed two or three times with enormous gulps, his lungs roaring as he drew in the vital gas.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends."
],
"id": "en-vital-en-adj-MnvQKb3s",
"links": [
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"continuation",
"continuation"
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],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔasāsiyy",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "أَسَاسِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žyccjóva vážny",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жыццёва ва́жны"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žízneno neobhodím",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́знено необходи́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žiznenovážen",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жизненова́жен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "životně důležitý"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "doorslaggevend"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "essentieel"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vitaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vivesenca"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "elintärkeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "elämälle välttämätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlo",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლო"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "lebenswichtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖiyuní",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חִיּוּנִי"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vitale"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "livsoppholdende"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "niezbędny do życia"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasúščnyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "насу́щный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno neobxodímyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́зненно необходи́мый"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "livsviktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "hayati"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttjévo važlývyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "життє́во важли́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 50 1 16 3 20 5 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "sống còn"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Invigorating or life-giving."
],
"id": "en-vital-en-adj-zo7mLR3D",
"links": [
[
"Invigorating",
"invigorating"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 2 89 2 2 2 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "životvóren",
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{
"word": "élan vital"
},
{
"word": "noeud vital"
},
{
"word": "vital air"
},
{
"word": "vital capacity"
},
{
"word": "vital effect"
},
{
"word": "vital force"
},
{
"word": "vital function"
},
{
"word": "vital organ"
},
{
"word": "vital sign"
},
{
"word": "vital signs"
},
{
"word": "vital spark"
},
{
"word": "vital statistic"
},
{
"word": "vital statistics"
}
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},
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},
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"4": "",
"5": "of life, life-giving"
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"form": "more vital",
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"word": "revive"
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{
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{
"word": "viable"
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{
"word": "vitality"
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{
"word": "vitals"
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{
"word": "vivid"
}
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"text": "vital energies; vital functions; vital actions",
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{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XX, page 34:",
"text": "But open converse is there none,\nSo much the vital spirits sink\nTo see the vacant chair, and think,\n‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’",
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}
],
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"Relating to, or characteristic of life."
],
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"life",
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],
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"word": "lifely"
}
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{
"text": "The brain is a vital organ.",
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{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:",
"text": "And doen the heavens afford him vitall food?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1925, Seba Eldridge, The Organization of Life, page 164:",
"text": "We have argued that organizatory agents are operative in all vital processes, processes that overstep the limits of the physicochemical; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
"text": "Challenger breathed two or three times with enormous gulps, his lungs roaring as he drew in the vital gas.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends."
],
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[
"continuation",
"continuation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
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],
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"Invigorating",
"invigorating"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Necessary to continued existence."
],
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"existence",
"existence"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Relating to the recording of life events."
],
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[
"record",
"record"
],
[
"event",
"event"
]
]
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{
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:",
"text": "David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 105:",
"text": "Vocabulary is a vital component of educational success in both first and second language contexts.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:",
"text": "Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.",
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}
],
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"Very important."
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"important",
"important"
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"word": "crucial"
},
{
"word": "necessary"
},
{
"word": "significant"
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{
"word": "important"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "spirits that live throughout, vital in every part",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series:",
"text": "I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book V”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:",
"text": "The dart […]pierced a vital part.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Containing life; living."
],
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"living",
"living"
]
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"word": "extant"
},
{
"word": "live"
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{
"word": "kicking"
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{
"word": "alive"
}
]
},
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"English terms with quotations"
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{
"ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Pythagoras and Hippocrates […] affirming the birth of the seventh month to be vital.",
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}
],
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"Capable of living; in a state to live; viable."
],
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"viable",
"viable"
]
]
}
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvaɪtəl/"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥayawiyy",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "حَيَوِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kensakan",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "կենսական"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "həyati"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žyccjóvy",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жыццёвы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žíznen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жи́знен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vitálen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "вита́лен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngmìng de",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "生命的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitální"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "levens-"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitala"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "viv-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitaalinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "elin-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlo",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "Lebens-"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zotikós",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "ζωτικός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitale"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ömırlık",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "өмірлік"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ömırdıñ",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "өмірдің"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tırşılık",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "тіршілік"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saengmyeong-ui",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "생명의"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tiricilik",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "тиричилик"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vītālis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "životen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "животен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vitalen",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "витален"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "livsviktig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hayâti",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "حیاتی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "życiowy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "witalny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznennyj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "жи́зненный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "жѝвотан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ви̏та̄лан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "žìvotan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vȉtālan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitálny"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "životen"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vitalen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hayoti",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "ҳаётӣ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "yaşamsal"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttjévyj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "життє́вий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttʹovýj",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "життьови́й"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "hayotiy"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
"word": "đời sống"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔasāsiyy",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "أَسَاسِيّ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žyccjóva vážny",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жыццёва ва́жны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žízneno neobhodím",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́знено необходи́м"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žiznenovážen",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жизненова́жен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "životně důležitý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "doorslaggevend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "essentieel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vitaal"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vivesenca"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "elintärkeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "elämälle välttämätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlo",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "lebenswichtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖiyuní",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חִיּוּנִי"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vitale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "livsoppholdende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "niezbędny do życia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasúščnyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "насу́щный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno neobxodímyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "жи́зненно необходи́мый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "livsviktig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "hayati"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttjévo važlývyj",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "життє́во важли́вий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
"word": "sống còn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "životvóren",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "животво́рен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "vigliga"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "vivodona"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "elintärkeä"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "vītālis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "livsoppholdende"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "životvórnyj",
"sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
"word": "животво́рный"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "životně důležitý"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "nepra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "elintärkeä"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "lebenswichtig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "livsviktig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasúščnyj",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "насу́щный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno neobxodímyj",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "жи́зненно необходи́мый"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyttjévo važlývyj",
"sense": "necessary to continued existence",
"word": "життє́во важли́вий"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žíznen",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "жи́знен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "civila (statuso)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "elämäkerrallinen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "levende"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznennyj",
"sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
"word": "жи́зненный"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žízneno vážen",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "жи́знено ва́жен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very important",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhòngyào",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "重要"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "gravega"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "tärkeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "olennainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "arsebiti",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "არსებითი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "essentiell"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "vitale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "fondamentale"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jung'yohada",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "중요하다"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "waiwai"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "kjempeviktig"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasúščnyj",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "насу́щный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neobxodímyj",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "необходи́мый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "vital"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very important",
"word": "hayati"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žíznen",
"sense": "capable of living",
"word": "жи́знен"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capable of living",
"word": "vivipova"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capable of living",
"word": "elinkelpoinen"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"vital"
],
"word": "vital"
}
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