vital

essentiel, crucial, capital

Extrêmement important et nécessaire pour que quelque chose réussisse ou se produise.

En anglais simple : Extremely important and needed for something to succeed or happen.

• Your help is vital.
• She played a vital role in the project.
• It is vital to save a copy of your work.

Comment l'utiliser : vital to/for something (Good communication is vital to success.); it is vital to do something (It is vital to check the address.); it is vital that… (It is vital that everyone arrives on time.)

Synonymes : essential, crucial, critical, indispensable

Contraires : unimportant, nonessential

Expressions courantes : vital role, vital information, vital to success

vital, essentiel

Indispensable pour qu’une personne, un animal ou une plante reste en vie.

En anglais simple : Necessary for a person, animal, or plant to stay alive.

• Water is vital for plants.
• The body needs these vital nutrients.
• Oxygen is vital to the survival of many animals.

Comment l'utiliser : vital to something (Oxygen is vital to human life.); vital for something (Clean water is vital for survival.)

Synonymes : essential, necessary, indispensable

Contraires : nonessential

Expressions courantes : vital to life, vital for survival, vital nutrients, vital organ

vital

Qui concerne la vie et le fonctionnement d’un organisme vivant.

En anglais simple : Connected with life and the way a living body works.

• The nurse checked his vital signs.
• The medicine affects several vital functions.
• Breathing and digestion are vital processes.

Synonymes : lifely

Expressions courantes : vital signs, vital functions, vital processes