critical (crucial) moment

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• moment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, passing ▪ long ▪ precious, rare ▪ They were making the most of those last precious moments together …   Collocations dictionary

• moment */*/*/ — UK [ˈməʊmənt] / US [ˈmoʊmənt] noun Word forms moment : singular moment plural moments 1) a) [countable] a particular point in time when something happens Jane began to speak, but at the same moment Helen appeared. If only he had not chosen that… …   English dictionary

• moment of truth — noun 1. the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull • Hypernyms: ↑moment, ↑minute, ↑second, ↑instant • Part Holonyms: ↑bullfighting, ↑tauromachy 2. a crucial moment on which much depends …   Useful english dictionary

• moment of truth — Synonyms and related words: A day, D day, H hour, charged moment, critical moment, crucial moment, day, deadline, decisive moment, eleventh hour, fateful moment, hour, instant, interval, juncture, kairos, kairotic moment, minute, moment, nick of… …   Moby Thesaurus

• crucial — I adjective acute, climacteric, conclusive, consequential, critical, deciding, decisive, definitive, determining, essential, exigent, final, grave, imperative, important, influential, instant, material, momentous, of moment, of note, of supreme… …   Law dictionary

• crucial point — I noun conclusive point, conclusory point, convincing point, cornerstone, crisis, critical moment, crossroads, definitive point, determinative point, determining point, hour of decision, impelling point, juncture, key point, landmark, main point …   Law dictionary

• critical — [[t]krɪ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important. The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign... Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city s pollution is its population...… …   English dictionary

• critical — critically, adv. criticality, criticalness, n. /krit i keuhl/, adj. 1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.;… …   Universalium

• critical — adj. 1 a making or involving adverse or censorious comments or judgements. b expressing or involving criticism. 2 skilful at or engaged in criticism. 3 providing textual criticism (a critical edition of Milton). 4 a of or at a crisis; involving… …   Useful english dictionary

• crucial — [ kru:ʃ(ə)l] adjective 1》 decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something. 2》 informal excellent. Derivatives cruciality ʃɪ alɪti noun crucially adverb Word History The word crucial entered English in the 18th …   English new terms dictionary

• critical — /ˈkrɪtɪkəl / (say kritikuhl) adjective 1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skilful judgement as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis. 4. of or relating to… …