VITAL
What does "VITAL" mean?
Absolutely necessary or essential; relating to life.
Meanings
- Essential; needed for something to succeed or continue. Trust is vital to any partnership.
- Necessary for or relating to life. The heart and lungs are vital organs. technical
- Full of energy and liveliness. Even at ninety she remained vital and curious.
- The body's basic life-sign measurements such as pulse and temperature (used in plural). The nurse checked his vitals every hour. informal
Did you know?
- 'Vital signs' are literally 'signs of life': the term draws on Latin 'vita', and the classic four are temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure.
Word origin
From Latin 'vitalis' (of life), from 'vita' (life); via Old French into Middle English.
Remember it
VITAL contains 'VITA', Latin for life - if it's vital, your life leans on it.
A little poem
Cut every word that does not earn its breath;
what's vital is what stays when nothing's left.
couplet
Wordplay
- The nurse said my vitals were strong and my priorities weren't. Same word, very different chart.
What it teaches
Call a thing vital only if its loss would stop the heart of the matter; everything else is preference.
Quick facts
What does VITAL mean?
Absolutely necessary or essential; relating to life.
Is VITAL a valid word?
Yes — VITAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VITAL?
VITAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VITAL come from?
From Latin 'vitalis' (of life), from 'vita' (life); via Old French into Middle English.
What can VITAL teach us?
Call a thing vital only if its loss would stop the heart of the matter; everything else is preference.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.