"vital" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvaɪtəl/ Audio: En-us-vital.ogg [US] Forms: more vital [comparative], most vital [superlative]
enPR: vī'təl Rhymes: -aɪtəl 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vital}} Middle English vital, {{der|en|fro|vital}} Old French vital, {{der|en|la|vītālis||of life, life-giving}} Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), {{m|la|vīta||life}} vīta (“life”), {{m|la|vīvō||I live}} vīvō (“I live”), {{doublet|en|jiva|quick}} Doublet of jiva and quick Head templates: {{en-adj}} vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)
  1. Relating to, or characteristic of life. Synonyms: lifely Translations (relating to, or characteristic of life): حَيَوِيّ (ḥayawiyy) (Arabic), կենսական (kensakan) (Armenian), həyati (Azerbaijani), жыццёвы (žyccjóvy) (Belarusian), жи́знен (žíznen) (Bulgarian), вита́лен (vitálen) (Bulgarian), vital [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 生命的 (shēngmìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), životní (Czech), vitální (Czech), levens- (Dutch), vitaalinen (Finnish), elin- (Finnish), vital (French), vital (Galician), სასიცოცხლო (sasicocxlo) (Georgian), Lebens- (German), ζωτικός (zotikós) (Greek), vitale (Italian), өмірлік (ömırlık) (Kazakh), өмірдің (ömırdıñ) (Kazakh), тіршілік (tırşılık) (Kazakh), 생명의 (saengmyeong-ui) (Korean), тиричилик (tiricilik) (Kyrgyz), vītālis (Latin), животен (životen) (Macedonian), витален (vitalen) (Macedonian), vital (Norwegian Bokmål), livsviktig (Norwegian Bokmål), حیاتی (hayâti) (Persian), życiowy (Polish), witalny (Polish), vital (Portuguese), vital (Romanian), жи́зненный (žíznennyj) (Russian), жѝвотан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ви̏та̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), žìvotan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vȉtālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), životný (Slovak), vitálny (Slovak), životen (Slovene), vitalen (Slovene), vital (Spanish), ҳаётӣ (hayotī) (Tajik), yaşamsal (Turkish), життє́вий (žyttjévyj) (Ukrainian), життьови́й (žyttʹovýj) (Ukrainian), hayotiy (Uzbek), đời sống (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-lktXga0b Disambiguation of 'relating to, or characteristic of life': 80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1
  2. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. Translations (necessary to the continuation of life): أَسَاسِيّ (ʔasāsiyy) (Arabic), жыццёва ва́жны (žyccjóva vážny) (Belarusian), жи́знено необходи́м (žízneno neobhodím) (Bulgarian), жизненова́жен (žiznenovážen) (Bulgarian), vital [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), životně důležitý (Czech), doorslaggevend (Dutch), essentieel (Dutch), vitaal (Dutch), elintärkeä (Finnish), elämälle välttämätön (Finnish), vital (French), vital (Galician), სასიცოცხლო (sasicocxlo) (Georgian), სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი (sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani) (Georgian), lebenswichtig (German), vital (German), חִיּוּנִי (ẖiyuní) [masculine] (Hebrew), vitale (Italian), livsoppholdende (Norwegian Bokmål), niezbędny do życia (Polish), vital (Portuguese), жи́зненно ва́жный (žíznenno vážnyj) (Russian), насу́щный (nasúščnyj) (Russian), жи́зненно необходи́мый (žíznenno neobxodímyj) (Russian), vital (Spanish), livsviktig (Swedish), hayati (Turkish), життє́во важли́вий (žyttjévo važlývyj) (Ukrainian), sống còn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-MnvQKb3s Disambiguation of 'necessary to the continuation of life': 4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1
  3. Invigorating or life-giving. Translations (invigorating or life-giving): животво́рен (životvóren) (Bulgarian), vital [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), elintärkeä (Finnish), vītālis (Latin), livsoppholdende (Norwegian Bokmål), животво́рный (životvórnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-zo7mLR3D Disambiguation of 'invigorating or life-giving': 1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1
  4. Necessary to continued existence. Translations (necessary to continued existence): vital [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), životně důležitý (Czech), elintärkeä (Finnish), სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი (sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani) (Georgian), lebenswichtig (German), livsviktig (Norwegian Bokmål), жи́зненно ва́жный (žíznenno vážnyj) (Russian), насу́щный (nasúščnyj) (Russian), жи́зненно необходи́мый (žíznenno neobxodímyj) (Russian), життє́во важли́вий (žyttjévo važlývyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-b7OghVwj Disambiguation of 'necessary to continued existence': 1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1
  5. Relating to the recording of life events. Translations (relating to the recording of life events): жи́знен (žíznen) (Bulgarian), vital (Catalan), elämäkerrallinen (Finnish), levende (Norwegian Bokmål), жи́зненный (žíznennyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-R~bkv5Sw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 18 2 19 49 3 6 3 Disambiguation of 'relating to the recording of life events': 3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1
  6. Very important. Synonyms: crucial, necessary, significant, important Translations (very important): жи́знено ва́жен (žízneno vážen) (Bulgarian), vital [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 重要 (zhòngyào) (Chinese Mandarin), tärkeä (Finnish), olennainen (Finnish), vital (French), vital (Galician), სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი (sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani) (Georgian), არსებითი (arsebiti) (Georgian), essentiell (German), vitale (Italian), fondamentale (Italian), 중요하다 (jung'yohada) (Korean), waiwai (Maori), kjempeviktig (Norwegian Bokmål), vital (Portuguese), жи́зненно ва́жный (žíznenno vážnyj) (Russian), насу́щный (nasúščnyj) (Russian), необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) (Russian), vital (Spanish), hayati (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-fBn5jT3t Disambiguation of 'very important': 1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0
  7. Containing life; living. Synonyms: extant, live, kicking, alive
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-pDGJFBc2
  8. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. Translations (capable of living): жи́знен (žíznen) (Bulgarian), elinkelpoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-vital-en-adj-gOLrzxN3 Disambiguation of 'capable of living': 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: devive, revive, survive, viable, vitality, vitals, vivid

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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
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          "_dis1": "80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
          "word": "yaşamsal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žyttjévyj",
          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
          "word": "життє́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žyttʹovýj",
          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
          "word": "життьови́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
          "word": "hayotiy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 1 2 4 1 5 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "relating to, or characteristic of life",
          "word": "đời sống"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The brain is a vital organ.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
        [
          "continuation",
          "continuation"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔasāsiyy",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "أَسَاسِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "žyccjóva vážny",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "жыццёва ва́жны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žízneno neobhodím",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "жи́знено необходи́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žiznenovážen",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "жизненова́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "životně důležitý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "doorslaggevend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "essentieel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vitaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "elintärkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "elämälle välttämätön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasicocxlo",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "სასიცოცხლო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "lebenswichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ẖiyuní",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חִיּוּנִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vitale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "livsoppholdende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "niezbędny do życia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nasúščnyj",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "насу́щный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznenno neobxodímyj",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "жи́зненно необходи́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "livsviktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "hayati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žyttjévo važlývyj",
          "sense": "necessary to the continuation of life",
          "word": "життє́во важли́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 49 1 16 3 20 5 1",
          "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 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "životvóren",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "word": "животво́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "word": "elintärkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "word": "vītālis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "word": "livsoppholdende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 88 2 2 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "životvórnyj",
          "sense": "invigorating or life-giving",
          "word": "животво́рный"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Necessary to continued existence."
      ],
      "id": "en-vital-en-adj-b7OghVwj",
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "životně důležitý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "elintärkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "lebenswichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "livsviktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nasúščnyj",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "насу́щный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznenno neobxodímyj",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "жи́зненно необходи́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 1 64 1 17 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žyttjévo važlývyj",
          "sense": "necessary to continued existence",
          "word": "життє́во важли́вий"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 18 2 19 49 3 6 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to the recording of life events."
      ],
      "id": "en-vital-en-adj-R~bkv5Sw",
      "links": [
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žíznen",
          "sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
          "word": "жи́знен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
          "word": "elämäkerrallinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
          "word": "levende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 1 4 82 0 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznennyj",
          "sense": "relating to the recording of life events",
          "word": "жи́зненный"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Very important."
      ],
      "id": "en-vital-en-adj-fBn5jT3t",
      "links": [
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "crucial"
        },
        {
          "word": "necessary"
        },
        {
          "word": "significant"
        },
        {
          "word": "important"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žízneno vážen",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "жи́знено ва́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "very important",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhòngyào",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "重要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "tärkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "olennainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasicocxlod mnišvnelovani",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "სასიცოცხლოდ მნიშვნელოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "arsebiti",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "არსებითი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "essentiell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "vitale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "fondamentale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jung'yohada",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "중요하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "waiwai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "kjempeviktig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žíznenno vážnyj",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "жи́зненно ва́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nasúščnyj",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "насу́щный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neobxodímyj",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "необходи́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "vital"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 0 3 0 94 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "very important",
          "word": "hayati"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Containing life; living."
      ],
      "id": "en-vital-en-adj-pDGJFBc2",
      "links": [
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "extant"
        },
        {
          "word": "live"
        },
        {
          "word": "kicking"
        },
        {
          "word": "alive"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of living; in a state to live; viable."
      ],
      "id": "en-vital-en-adj-gOLrzxN3",
      "links": [
        [
          "viable",
          "viable"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 36 57",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žíznen",
          "sense": "capable of living",
          "word": "жи́знен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 36 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capable of living",
          "word": "elinkelpoinen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaɪtəl/"
    },
    {
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}
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      "word": "mortal"
    }
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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪtəl",
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      "word": "élan vital"
    },
    {
      "word": "noeud vital"
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      "word": "vital air"
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    {
      "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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        "4": "",
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        "3": "quick"
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        }
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        }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "The brain is a vital organ.",
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          "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": "quotation"
        }
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          "continuation"
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      "glosses": [
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          "invigorating"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Necessary to continued existence."
      ],
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          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "record"
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          "event",
          "event"
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      ]
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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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          "word": "crucial"
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        {
          "word": "necessary"
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        {
          "word": "significant"
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        {
          "word": "important"
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          "word": "extant"
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          "word": "kicking"
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          "word": "alive"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈvaɪtəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪtəl"
    },
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      "enpr": "vī'təl"
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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": "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": "hayotī",
      "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of living",
      "word": "elinkelpoinen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vital"
  ],
  "word": "vital"
}

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