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adjective

1. Marked by or exhibiting life: alive, animate, animated, live², living. See live/die.
2. Full of vigor: able-bodied, iron, lusty, red-blooded, robust, strapping, sturdy, vigorous. See strong/weak.
3. Constituting or forming part of the essence of something: basic, constitutional, constitutive, essential, fundamental, integral. See be, surface/depth.
4. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly, deathly, fatal, lethal, mortal. See live/die.

adj

Definition: alive
Antonyms: dead

adj

Definition: essential
Antonyms: inessential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant

adj

Definition: lively
Antonyms: dull, sluggish

Pertaining to life.

IN BRIEF: Having to do with life. Also: Very important.

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

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Pertaining to life; necessary to life.

• v. capacity — the greatest volume of gas that, following maximum inspiration, can be expelled during a complete, slow, unforced expiratory maneuver; equal to inspiratory capacity plus expiratory reserve volume. This is a commonly made and practicable measurement in humans but is not so in animals.
• v. red — dye injected into the circulation to estimate blood volume by calculating the concentration of the dye in the plasma.
• v. signs — the signs of life, namely pulse, respiration and temperature.
• v. statistics — that branch of biometry dealing with the data and laws of animal mortality, morbidity, natality and demography.
• v. statistic rate — vital statistics presented as a proportion of a population, e.g. fetal deaths as a percentage of total births. Includes case fatality rate, nonreturn rate at 60 days.

adj

Necessary to or pertaining to life.

For a list of words related to vital, see:

• Healthy, fit, bright, or strong
• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vital, grundlæggende, vigtigt, nødvendig, livs-, væsentlig, afgørende, dødbringende, skæbnesvanger
n. - vital

idioms:

• vital capacity    lungekapacitet
• vital force    livskraft
• vital organs    vitale organer
• vital power    levedygtighed
• vital signs    livstegn
• vital statistics    befolkningsstatistik

Nederlands (Dutch)
essentieel, onmisbaar, kracht gevend, dodelijk, vitaal, levenskrachtig, betreffende het kleuren van levend weefsel, (mv) essentiële organen

Français (French)
adj. - essentiel, primordial, fondamental, vital, indispensable, capital, plein de vie/de vitalité, vivant (une culture)
n. - organes vitaux, organes de reproduction, les éléments essentiels de (qch)

idioms:

• vital capacity    capacité vitale
• vital force    force vitale
• vital organs    organes vitaux, organes de reproduction, les éléments essentiels (de qch)
• vital principle    principe vital
• vital signs    signes vitaux
• vital statistics    donnés démographiques, informations essentielles, mensurations

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lebenswichtig, entscheidend
n. - lebenswichtige Organe, entscheidende Bestandteile

idioms:

• vital capacity    vitale Kapazität (max. Lungenkapazität)
• vital force    Lebenskraft
• vital organs    lebenswichtige Organe
• vital principle    Lebenskraft
• vital signs    Lebenszeichen
• vital statistics    Bevölkerungsstatistik, (ugs.) Maße

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ουσιώδης, ζωτικός, ζωικός, κεφαλαιώδης, θανάσιμος, θανατηφόρος, ζωηρός
n. - ζωτικό όργανο

idioms:

• vital capacity    ζωτική χωρητικότητα (για το μέτρημα του αέρα στους πνεύμονες)
• vital force    ζωτική δύναμη
• vital organs    (φυσιολ., μτφ.) ζωτικά όργανα
• vital power    ζωτική δύναμη
• vital signs    σημεία ζωής
• vital statistics    δημογραφική στατιστική, στατιστική γεννήσεων και θανάτων, (καθομ.) σωματικές αναλογίες

Italiano (Italian)
essenziale, vitale, vivo

idioms:

• vital capacity    capacitý vitale
• vital force    energia vitale
• vital organs    organi vitali
• vital power    energia vitale
• vital signs    segni vitali
• vital statistics    statistica vitale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vital, fatal, básico
n. - vitals (pl), órgãos (m pl) vitais, partes (f pl) essenciais de um todo

idioms:

• vital capacity    capacidade vital (pulmonar)
• vital force    força vital
• vital organs    órgãos vitais
• vital power    poder vital
• vital signs    sinais vitais
• vital statistics    dados estatísticos da vida humana

Русский (Russian)
жизненный, жизненно важный, энергичный, роковой

idioms:

• vital capacity    жизненная емкость легких
• vital force    жизненная сила
• vital organs    жизненно важные органы
• vital power    жизненная сила
• vital signs    жизненно важные показатели организма
• vital statistics    демографическая статистика, объем груди, талии и бедер женщины

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vital, esencial, fundamental, enérgico
n. - sujeto o cosa fundamental, órganos vitales

idioms:

• vital capacity    capacidad pulmonar
• vital force    impulso vital
• vital organs    órganos vitales
• vital principle    principio vital
• vital signs    constantes vitales, signos vitales
• vital statistics    estadísticas demográficas, bioestadística

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vital, livsfarlig
n. - vitala delar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重要的, 充满活力的, 生命的, 重要部分, 要害, 维持生命的重要器官

idioms:

• vital capacity    肺活量
• vital force    生命力, 活力
• vital organs    维持生命所必须的器官
• vital power    生命力
• vital signs    生命特征
• vital statistics    人口统计

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 重要的, 充滿活力的, 生命的
n. - 重要部分, 要害, 維持生命的重要器官

idioms:

• vital capacity    肺活量
• vital force    生命力, 活力
• vital organs    維持生命所必須的器官
• vital power    生命力
• vital signs    生命特徵
• vital statistics    人口統計

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 생명의, 생기에 넘치는, 치명적인
n. - 생명의 유지에 필요한 기관, 생식기, 중추부

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 生命の, きわめて大切な, 致命的な, 生気に満ちた
n. - 核心

idioms:

• vital capacity    肺活量
• vital force    生命力
• vital organs    生命維持に必要な器官
• vital power    生命力
• vital signs    生命徴候
• vital statistics    人口動態統計, スリーサイズ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حيوي, نشيط (الاسم) الاعضاء الحيويه للجسم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חיוני, נחוץ, הכרחי, שופע-חיים, נמרץ‬
n. - ‮ברבים: האברים החיוניים של הגוף‬

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