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Definitions: Vital |
VitalAdjective1. Urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest". 2. Performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise". 3. Full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world". 4. Manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vital" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Computing | VITAL A semantics language using FSL, developed by Mondshein in 1967. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. (1995-02-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VITAL | English | A Methodology-Based Workbench for KBS Life-Cycle Support | Computing, European Union |
| VIEW | English | Vital Information for Education and Work | Information, Education |
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Synonyms: VitalSynonyms: critical (adj), full of life (adj), life-sustaining (adj), lively (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Existence | Center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. |
Importance | Paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital; importance. |
Intrinsicality | Phrase: " character is higher than intellect "; "come give us a taste of your quality " magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna; non numero haec judicantur sed pondere; " vital spark of heavenly flame ". |
Life | Vivification; vital force; vitalization; revivification; Prometheus; life to come. (destiny). |
Vital, vitalic; vivifying, vivified,. Verb: viable, zoetic; Promethean. | |
Noun: life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit. | |
Substantiality | Noun: substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter; corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) What happens to the girl is unimportant What happens to the others is more than important; it is the most vital issue of our time. (Teenage Doll; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith) . . .but ho-ho's are a vital part of my thinking process. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Or something vital. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) It is only when I commence to carve on your vital organs that you will know you are having an experience. (Behind the Mask; writing credit: Jo Swerling) | |
Clever | The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. (references; author: unknown) Statistics is like a bikini: What is revealed is suggestive, but what is concealed is vital. (references; author: unknown) The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship: "I apologize" and "You are right. (references; author: unknown) Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from where you left them to where you can't find them. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Vital Spark (1959) Vital Victuals (1934) The Vital Question (1916) Vital Space (2000) | |
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 | Pictured is an experimental miniature pig. The experimental animal is being held in place by rubber-tube covered arms in a laboratory setting. Some cans are visible on shelves behind the animal. The miniature pig has an unusually thick placenta that prevents sow's immune system from influencing that of offspring. Raised in a sterile environment, such piglets are vital in providing clues as to how the immune system develops.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | List of vital partnerships.Credit: CDC. |
 | Line of poeple waiting to take vitalor test (vital capacity measurement).Credit: CDC. |  | Estuaries serve as vital nurseries for a wide variety of fishes, shellfishes, and birds. The bellies of these three juvenile fishes are packed full of goodies from the marsh's bounty. Pictured here from top to bottom are young of the year mullet, flounder, and spot, all of which enter North Inlet Estuary in February from their offshore places of birth.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | RC-135 provides vital real-time battle field management. |  | C-130 Hercules continues vital role in Bosnia. |
 | Prarie potholes provide an abundance of vital habitat for wildlife.Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Estimating the volume of water contained in a snowpack like this one in southwestern Idaho is vital to forecasting how much water will be available for agricultural and other uses. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Aieral view of Interstate 25, a railroad track and the old El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. Established in 1598 by Juan de Onate, this trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe provided vital communications and trade between Mexico and the frontier lands of New Mexico for over 300 years.Credit: Unknown. |  | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Nurse testing a child's vital capacity.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Author Unknown | The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude. |
Dwight L. Moody | Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man. |
H. A. Holle | A sense of purpose and the opportunity to contribute to others -- these are as vital to toal health as are adequate nutrition and rest. |
Herman Melville | Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. |
John Wooden | It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. |
Plato | Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. |
President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Once in a great while, the thoughts, that had seemed so vital and so active, yet had been put to rest so quietly, revived again. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The personality of the artist passes into the narration itself, flowing round and round the persons and the action like a vital sea. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The grand necessity, then, for our bodies, is to keep warm, to keep the vital heat in us. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For the school-aged child, continuing with school is vital. (references) | |
The presence of an AVM disrupts this vital cyclical process. (references) | ||
Not all of the air in the lungs is removed when measuring the vital capacity. (references) | ||
Business | Product information in French is vital in Morocco. (references) | |
U.S. companies could play a vital role in the modernization and expansion of China's shipyards. (references) | ||
Imports have remained a vital part of the industry, accounting for nearly 60% of internal demand. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tunisia | There were credible reports that the Government withheld advertising orders, a vital source of revenues, from publications that published articles deemed offensive by the Government. (references) |
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | Packaging and labeling are vital to success. (references) |
Portugal | Tourism in Portugal is a vital sector in its economy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | Membership in the CPV remains an aid to advancement in the Government or in state companies and is vital for promotion to senior levels of the Government. (references) |
Minorities | Macedonia | Albanian-language education remained a crucial issue for the ethnic-Albanian community; it is seen as vital for preserving Albanian heritage and culture. (references) |
Political Economy | Turkey | Turkey has been a vital U.S. ally since the beginning of the Cold War. (references) |
Political Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The HDZ claimed the new system allowed members of other ethnic groups to influence selection of their delegates to the Federation House of Peoples, which is charged with protecting the vital national interests of Bosniaks, Croats, and others, in the Federation. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | It is also vital to obtain sound legal advice in each country. (references) |
Croatia | This allows the Bank to support SMEs, which are vital for generating a strong private sector. (references) | |
Travel | Japan | Consistent follow-up is vital. (references) |
Bolivia | The local representative is a vital component in the successful operation of foreign-based firms. (references) | |
Armenia | This, combined with old Soviet working habits, means that many Armenian firms answer only correspondence that is of vital interest to them. (references) | |
Women | Nigeria | Women remain underrepresented in the formal sector but play an active and vital role in the country's important informal economy. (references) |
Worker Rights | Philippines | The Secretary of Labor and Employment may intervene in some labor disputes by assuming jurisdiction and mandating a settlement if the Secretary decides that the industry involved in the strike is vital to national security. (references) |
Andorra | Parliament is charged with adopting legislation to regulate this right in order to guarantee the provision of essential services, such as the vital services of doctors, nurses, and police; however, it had not dome so by year's end. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is also of great service as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities. Hail, holy Lead! -- of human feuds the great And universal arbiter; endowed With penetration to pierce any cloud Fogging the field of controversial hate, And with a sift, inevitable, straight, Searching precision find the unavowed But vital point. Thy judgment, when allowed By the chirurgeon, settles the debate. O useful metal! -- were it not for thee We'd grapple one another's ears alway: But when we hear thee buzzing like a bee We, like old Muhlenberg, "care not to stay." And when the quick have run away like pellets Jack Satan smelts the dead to make new bullets. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides that, it should be repugnant to the vital principles of our Government virtually to exclude from public trusts talents and virtue unless accompanied by wealth. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Rigid and expeditious justice is the first safeguard of freedom, the basis of all ordered liberty, the vital force of progress. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Neither do we propose, however, to ignore the ideals and vital interests of our friends. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Perhaps now, as we step back from danger, we can together make real progress in this vital field. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In a country that spans a continent modern transportation is vital to continued growth. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Your National Government has a great and vital role to play. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Nuclear safety will remain a vital concern in the years ahead. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | So, interest rates have tumbled, paving the way for recovery in vital industries like housing and autos. |
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| "Vital" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vital" is used about 5,093 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5,093 | 1,926 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "vital" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vital | Last name | 1,000 | 11,130 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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| USA | Vital Images, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "vital": bureau of vital statistics ♦ elan vital ♦ immediate vital cargo ♦ immediately vital cargo ♦ of vital ♦ of vital importance ♦ the vital spark ♦ vital air ♦ vital area ♦ vital capacity ♦ vital circuit ♦ Vital energy healing ♦ vital flame ♦ Vital force ♦ vital functions ♦ vital ground ♦ vital importance ♦ vital index ♦ vital interest ♦ vital mistake ♦ vital necessity ♦ vital organ ♦ vital organs ♦ vital part ♦ vital parts ♦ vital point ♦ vital principle ♦ vital records ♦ vital relay ♦ vital revolution ♦ vital sign ♦ vital spark ♦ vital spot ♦ vital statistics ♦ vital statistics teacher ♦ Vital Touch ♦ vital tripod ♦ vital vessels ♦ vital wound. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vital": vital-witness. | |
Ending with "vital": Electro-vital, so-vital. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "vital"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vital (essential), vdekjeprurës (baneful, basilisk, deadly, fatal, feral, homicidal, internecine, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, murderous, pestilent, pestilential), thelbësor (Cardinal, elemental, essential, imperative, mattery, overriding, radical), jetik, jetësor, i gjallë (above ground, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, buckish, buoyant, busy, canty, colorful, colourful, crude, dapper, dashing, dynamic, elastic, erect, fresh, frisky, glowing, graphic, graphical, green, humming, intense, jocund, keen, larky, live, lively, living, mercurial, nimble, noisy, perky, pert, picturesque, playful, poignant, quick, raw, red blooded, saucy, skittish, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, uncooked, vivacious, vivid), fatal (baneful, deathly, fatal, fateful, feral, pernicious), energjik (abuzz, active, aggressive, busily, dapper, drastic, dynamic, eager, energetic, forceful, full of beans, get going, high-spirited, live, lively, peppy, punchy, pushing, rattling, snappy, stirring, sturdy, vigorous, zippy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفعم بالحيوية والنشاط, مفعم بالحيوية (active, animate, animated, brisk, dynamic, energetic, full of energy, full of life, full of vigor, lively, lusty, peppy, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious, zippy), محي (genial), مدون المعلومات الأساسية, قاتل (assassin, battle, combat, deadly, engage, fight, killer, lethal, manslayer, murdered, murderer, murderous, war), حيوي (animated, athletic, bonny, dashing, indispensable, lifeline, necessary, needful, pivotal, spirited). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съществен (essential, formal, fundamental, integral, integrant, intimate, intrinsic, material, meaty, radical, substantial, substantive, underlying), съдбоносен (crucial, fatal, fateful, weird), фатален (fatal, fateful, inevitable, irrevocable, lethal, portentous, weird), насъщен, жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), жизненоважен, жизнен (full of life, full-blooded, gut, key, live, lively, lusty, pithy, sappy, sturdy, vivacious), енергичен (active, arduous, brisk, demon, driving, energetic, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, nervous, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, sharp, smart, snappy, spanking, spicy, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, youthful, zappy, zippy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重要 (Critical, important, nontrivial), 要 (ask, coerce, demand, important, must, request, to be going to, to want), 有活力 (energetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vitální (energetic, vigorous), temperamentní (bubbly, fiery, high-spirited, lively, spirited, vivacious), rozhodující (chief, commanding, critical, crucial, decisive, determinative, fatal, main, predominant, supreme, winning), podstatný (constituent, essential, fundamental, germane, intrinsic, intrinsical, massive, perceptible, quintessential, real, substantial, substantive), osudný (catastrophic, fatal, fated, fateful, ill fated, lethal, ominous), nezbytný (basic, essential, imperative, indispensable, inevitable, necessary, needful, urgent), energický (assertive, brisk, decisive, decisively, energetic, enterprising, firm, forceful, forcefully, go ahead, high-powered, perky, red blooded, strenuous, strong, vigorous), absolutnì nutný, životnì dùležitý, životní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trivelig (thrifty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vitaal (essential, full of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | vivoforta (full of life), vitala. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | واجب (Essential, Fundametal, Indispensable, Momentous, Necessary, Necessitous, Obligatory), وابسته بزندگی , حیاتی , اساسی (Basal, Basic, Cardinal, Earthshaking, Fundametal, Ground, Material, Meaty, Net, Pivotal, Primordial, Substantial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | elinvoimainen (full of vitality, robust, thrifty, vigorous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vital, précoce, plein d'entrain, crucial, énergique (vigorous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fitaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vital (energetic, exuberant, vigorous), unerlässlich (imperative, requisite), schwerwiegend (fatal, grave, grievous, massive, onerous, serious, weighty), lebenswichtig (essential), lebensnotwendig (essential), lebens-, lebendig (alive, bubbly, exuberant, fervent, live, livelily, lively, living, spirited, spiritedly, vivid), kern- (nuclear), frühwüchsig (thrifty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρόωρα αναπτυγμένο (thrifty), ζωτικόσ (pivotal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חיו י (essential, indispensable, necessary, needful, objective). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | élethez szükséges. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sangat penting, hidup (alive, life, live, vivid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vitale (viable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 肝腎 (crucial, essential, fundamental, main), 肝要 (crucial, essential, importance), 肝心 (crucial, essential, fundamental, main), 緊要 (exigent, important, momentous, urgent), 動態 (movement), 切要 (essential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | き"よう (exigent, Friday, important, momentous, urgent), どうたい (as one flesh or body, body, conductor, movement, moving body, simultaneously, torso, trunk), せつよう (economization, embezzlement, essential, using secretly), か"よう (common, crucial, cultivation, customary, essential, forbearance, fostering, generosity, government business, governmental porcelain furnace, importance, lobe of the liver, official use, tolerance, training), か"じ" (aChinese, armorer, crucial, essential, fundamental, magnanimous, main, man of leisure, scoundrel, temple solicitation, villain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 생명. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slane femoil, bunneydagh (authoritative, basic, elemental, firsthand, fundamental, fundamentalist, original, primitive, primordial, radical, rudimentary, underlying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | italvay vital, vigoroso (active, alive, bold, bouncing, energetic, flush, Hale, hard cover book, healthful, healthy, hegemony, lively, lusty, nervous breakdown, nervy, peppy, pitiable, racy, red blooded, robust, sinewy, smart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, trenchant, Venturous, vigorous, virile, vivid, wakeless, youthful, zippy), relativo vida, necessário vida, cheio de energia (sanguineous, sappy, zippy). (various references) vital, mortal (deadly, deathly, fatal, fatally, killing, lethal, mortally, to death), fundamental (base, basic, basically, capital, essential, fundamental, fundamentally, main, prime, principal, ultimate), fatal (deadly, deathly, fatal, fateful, feral, inevitably, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, weird), esenţial (capital, constituent, constitutive, elemental, essential, fundamental, indispensable, main, meat, prime, principal), de viaţã (worldly). (various references) существенный (constitutive, essential, intrinsic, material, mattery, substantial, very basic), жизнеспособный (of great vitality, viable), жизненный (instinct, lifelike, lifelong, live), жизненно важный. (various references) rong (a joining spar, the vital spark), deò (air, breath, life, ray of light, vital spark). (various references) vitalan (tough), bitan (momentous, relevant, substantial), životni (lively), životan (canty). (various references) vital (life), esencial (esentially, essential, imperative, necessary, pivot, pivotal, ultimate). (various references) vital (ebullient, exuberant, lively), livsfarlig (pernicious), livs-. (various references) yaşayan (alive, animate, in the flesh, live, lived, living, quick), yaşamsal (staminal), hayati (staminal), hayat dolu (alive, alive and kicking, animate, animated, as fresh as daisy, Corky, dewy, exuberant, fresh, full of life, genial, live, lively, quick, sprightly, vivacious, vivid), canlı (active, alive, animate, animated, beany, breezy, bright, brightly, brisk, bustling, colorful, colourful, Corky, crisp, crispy, dashing, dewy, driving, exhilarated, expressive, exuberant, feeling, fresh, full of beans, full of life, gay, genially, ginger, gingery, glowing, go-go, graphic, graphical, hearty, humming, in the flesh, inspired, life, live, lively, living, living being, living creature, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, perky, picturesque, quick, racy, rich, rousing, sappy, saturated, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, springy, swinging, vibrant, vivacious, vivid, warm, with it, zippy), öldürücü (baneful, deadly, deathlike, deathly, fatal, fateful, fell, homicidal, killing, lethal, murderous, perishing, pestilent, pestilential, virulent). (various references) derwaяys (important, urgent). (various references) вітальний (complimentary, congratulatory, salutatory), необхідний (indispensable, must, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, valuable), насущний (needful), житт"вий (earthbound, earthy, live, vegetal, worldly). (various references) quan trọng nguy hiểm đến tính mạng đầy sức sống, cần cho sự sống sống còn, đầy nghị lực (energetic, marrowy). (various references) bywydol (of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animale, animales, animalia, animalibus, animalis, animalium, vitalia, vitalibus, vitalis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vital": vitalise, vitalised, vitalises, vitalising, vitalism, vitalisms, vitalist, vitalistic, vitalists, vitalities, vitality, vitalization, vitalizations, vitalize, vitalized, vitalizes, vitalizing, vitally, vitals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vital": intravital, invital, supravital. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vital": devitalize, devitalized, devitalizes, devitalizing, intravitally, revitalise, revitalised, revitalises, revitalising, revitalization, revitalizations, revitalize, revitalized, revitalizes, revitalizing, supravitally. (additional references) | |
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"Vital" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Avital, Cvitan, vaita, vata, vedal, viat, videl, vigal, vimal, vinal, Vinta, visal, vistal, vitac, vitalba, vitale, vitali, vitan, vitay, vitea, Vitek, viten, Vithal, viti, vitia, vitra, vitral, vittel, vittu, vitu, vitual, vituall, vival, vtol, vynal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vital" (pronounced vī"tul) |
| 4 | -ī" t u l | entitle, recital, title. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-t-v" | |
-1 letter: alit, lati, tail, tali, vail, vial, vita. | |
-2 letters: ail, ait, alt, lat, lav, lit, tav, til, vat, via. | |
-3 letters: ai, al, at, it, la, li, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-t-v" | |
+1 letter: vitals. | |
+2 letters: datival, elative, estival, invital, ovality, pivotal, travail, trivial, valiant, vatical, ventail, victual, vilayet, violate, virtual, vitally, voltaic. | |
+3 letters: ablative, actively, aestival, anviltop, aventail, bivalent, bloviate, cultivar, datively, dilative, divalent, dovetail, elatives, eluviate, evitable, festival, galivant, illative, interval, jovialty, lavation, laxative, leaviest, levigate, levirate, levitate, ligative, livetrap, locative, natively, outcavil, outrival, relative, salivate, sylvatic, travails, trivalve, vagility, valeting, valiants, validate, validity, varietal, vaultier, vaulting, vealiest, venality, ventails, vertical, viatical, victuals, vigilant, vilayets, villatic, violated, violater, violates, violator, vitalise, vitalism, vitalist, vitality, vitalize, vitiable, vocalist, vocality, volatile, volitant, voltaism, vortical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .. - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0074 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5675866778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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