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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

importância crítica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩ.poɾˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ ˈkɾi.ti.kɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Critical importance/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A segurança da informação é de importância crítica."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being of the highest degree of significance, urgency, or consequence.

    "The security protocol update is of critical importance to the entire network infrastructure."
  2. 2

    An essential characteristic determining the success or failure of a mission or project.

    "Recognizing the critical importance of timely delivery, the team worked through the night."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'critical', derived from the Greek kritikos (able to discern or judge) via Latin criticus, and 'importance', derived from the medieval Latin importantia (pertaining to being significant). Together, the phrase emerged in modern English as a compounding noun phrase used to denote absolute necessity and high priority.

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