Associations to the word «Pivotal»

Wiktionary

PIVOTAL, adjective. Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
PIVOTAL, adjective. Being of crucial importance; central, key.

Dictionary definition

PIVOTAL, adjective. Being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats