Definition of Vital

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Definition of Vital

Vital

Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.

Containing life; living.

Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.

Very necessary; highly important; essential.

Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

A vital part; one of the vitals.

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Vital Quotations

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
Thomas Jefferson

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Winston Churchill

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
Walt Disney

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
Dwight L. Moody

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Joe Paterno

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung

Vital Translations

vital in Dutch is vitaal
vital in French is fondamental
vital in German is entscheidend, grundlegend, wesentlich, wesentlich
vital in Italian is importante
vital in Spanish is vital, esencial
vital in Swedish is livsfarlig, livs-, vital

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