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{
"term": "vital",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "necessary or essential in order for something to succeed or exist",
"sensetop": "vital for somebody/somethingvital to somethingit is vital that…it is vital to do somethingit is vital for somebody/something to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the vitamins that are vital for health",
"contextForm": "vital for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Patience and a cool head are vital for investors."
},
{
"text": "Good financial accounts are vital to the success of any enterprise.",
"contextForm": "vital to something"
},
{
"text": "Reading is **of vital importance** in language learning."
},
{
"text": "The police play **a vital role** in our society."
},
{
"text": "Small chemist shops are a **vital part** of many local communities."
},
{
"text": "'We are prepared to use force to protect our vital interests in the region,' he said"
},
{
"text": "The website provides vital information for tourists."
},
{
"text": "It is vital that you keep accurate records when you are self-employed.",
"contextForm": "it is vital that…"
},
{
"text": "It was vital to show that he was not afraid.",
"contextForm": "it is vital to do something"
},
{
"text": "It is **absolutely vital** for cities to have public green spaces.",
"contextForm": "it is vital for somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "These nutrients are absolutely vital to good health."
},
{
"text": "fostering team spirit, which is vital for success"
},
{
"text": "the strategically vital industrial zone"
},
{
"text": "Bean sprouts contain many of the vitamins that are vital for health."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
"adverb": ["particularly", "really", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with or necessary for staying alive",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **vital organs** *(= the brain, heart, lungs, etc.)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "full of energy and enthusiasm",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"synonyms": "dynamic",
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪtl/",
"audio": "vi/vital/vital__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪtl/",
"audio": "vi/vital/vital__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (describing the animating principle of living beings, also in sense (3)): via Old French from Latin vitalis, from vita ‘life’. The sense ‘essential’ dates from the early 17th cent."
}