all-important

[ awl-im-pawr-tnt ]

/ ˈɔl ɪmˈpɔr tnt /

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adjective

extremely or vitally important; essential.

Nearby words

all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-expense, all-fired, all-flying tail, all-important, all-in, all-in wrestling, all-in-one, all-inclusive, all-night

Origin of all-important

First recorded in 1830–40

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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Piketty only waves his hands around the all-important question of whether economic inequality undermines democracy.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To create that all-important alcohol content, the fumes are circulated out of the still into condensers.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Many improbable catastrophes might wreck the all-important Iran negotiations.
Iranian Bombs and Black Swans in the Nuclear Negotiations|Christopher Dickey|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Presently Mrs Beaumont recovered herself sufficiently to put an all-important question.
Flaming June|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Nor could the searchlights be switched on without grave risk to the all-important task of rounding-up the German torpedo-boats.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
It was the first confident answer to the all-important question.
Afloat in the Forest|Mayne Reid
Athletics, however, contains an element which is all-important—team work.
The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index|Cheshire L. Boone
What to many was but the fad or fashionable craze of the hour, was to him the all-important and absorbing purpose of living.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)|Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt

British Dictionary definitions for all-important

all-important

adjective

crucial; vital

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all-important

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all-important

adjective