vital Definition
vital adjective
1. crucial: extremely important and necessary, or indispensable to the survival or continuing effectiveness of something
2. needed for life: required for the continuation of life
vital body organs
3. lively: full of animation or vigor
a vital neighborhood
4. of life: relating to life
vital records of a population
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