Definitions for VITAL
ˈvaɪt lvi·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. critical, vitaladjective

   urgently needed; absolutely necessary

   "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"

2. vital, life-sustainingadjective

   performing an essential function in the living body

   "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

3. full of life, lively, vitaladjective

   full of spirit

   "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

4. vitaladjective

   manifesting or characteristic of life

   "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. vitaladjective

   Relating to, or characteristic of life.

2. vitaladjective

   Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

   The brain is a vital organ.

3. vitaladjective

   Invigorating or life-giving.

   The sun's vital radiation.

4. vitaladjective

   Necessary to continued existence.

   The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.

5. vitaladjective

   Relating to the recording of life events.

   Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.

6. vitaladjective

   Important

   It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vital

   Vital refers to something that is absolutely necessary or extremely important. It could also relate to the continuation of life, relating to essential bodily functions or life-sustaining. Furthermore, in a more specific biological context, vital can refer to the organs in the body that are essential for life, like the heart or lungs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Vitaladjective

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

2. Vitaladjective

   contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood

3. Vitaladjective

   containing life; living

4. Vitaladjective

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

5. Vitaladjective

   very necessary; highly important; essential

6. Vitaladjective

   capable of living; in a state to live; viable

7. Vitalnoun

   a vital part; one of the vitals

8. Etymology: [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See Vivid.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Vital

   Vital is Van der Graaf Generator's first live album, recorded at the Marquee Club. Vital was recorded 16 January 1978, and released in July, one month after the band played at the Kohfidish Festival in Austria which, excluding one-off reunions, would be the band's last concert until 2005. The album was credited under the truncated name Van der Graaf, like the previous year's The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, and featured the same line-up plus newcomer cellist Charles Dickie, who had officially joined the band in August 1977. Original saxophonist David Jackson, who had left before in early 1977 partially due to original organist Hugh Banton's departure, re-joined the band for this recording. The European release was a double LP on Charisma Records, ref'ed CVL0D101; the US release on double vinyl LP was on PVC Records, PVC 9901. The album was originally issued twice in the UK, first with the entire 2LP track listing on the cover and label, but only actually containing sides one and two, and then reissued restoring some of the songs from sides three and four and correcting the cover and label. The entire double CD version was only issued in Japan. This version had a booklet with incorrect lyrics. In 2005 a remastered double CD version which restored the omitted tracks was released, as part of a Van der Graaf Generator reissue series.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vital

   vī′tal, adj. belonging or contributing to life: containing or necessary to life: important as life: essential.—n. Vītalisā′tion.—v.t. Vī′talise, to make vital or alive: to give life to or furnish with the vital principle.—ns. V
   #x12B;′talism, the doctrine that there is a vital principle distinct from the organisation of living bodies, which directs all their actions and functions; Vī′talist, one who holds this doctrine.—adj. Vītalis′tic.—n. Vītal′ity, quality of being vital: principle or power of life: capacity to endure and flourish.—adv. Vī′tally.—n.pl. Vī′tals, the interior organs essential for life: the part of any whole necessary for its existence.—n. Vītā′tiveness (phrenol.), the love of life, a faculty assigned to a protuberance under the ear.—Vital force, the principle of life in animals and plants; Vital functions, power, ability to continue living; Vital principle, that principle on which the life of an organism is thought to depend; Vital statistics, a division of statistics dealing with the facts and problems concerning population. [L. vitalis—vita, life—vivĕre, to live; cog. with Gr. bios, life.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vital

   Just and fair for the collective animals, human beings and universal beings.

   All vitamins and minerals are necessary to maintain life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. VITAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vital is ranked #6739 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Vital surname appeared 5,004 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Vital.
   
   53.4% or 2,676 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   26.6% or 1,332 total occurrences were Black.
   14.9% or 750 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 161 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.5% or 76 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.1% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VITAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2025

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VITAL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3278

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VITAL' in Adjectives Frequency: #268

How to pronounce VITAL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say VITAL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of VITAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of VITAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of VITAL in a Sentence

1. Steve Maraboli:

   It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want."

2. Mariana Fulger:

   The power of thought able to search the Universe for truth is a fragile equilibrium between secretions of a few vital glands.

3. Bishop Garrison on Wednesday:

   The George Floyd murder hearing and a lot of these other day-to-day issues that greatly affect communities of color whether or not they wear a uniform or work for DoD are vitally important for us to understand. If we're going to be strong teammates we have to ensure that we're being proper allies for those individuals going through a lot of difficult times within their own communities, so having an education and training line of effort that helps us better understand these gray areas and what we need to do to help address a lot of these issues is going to be of vital importance for us.

4. Vera Magalhaes:

   What's shocking is that we're the world's seventh or eighth largest economy, and despite our current economic crisis, there is no lack of money that could be put toward making these vital improvements, but it's obviously not a political imperative to do so.

5. William Barr:

   The fact that we are an energy giant, potentially, and that we can have inexpensive energy here in the United States, that’s also relatively clean and natural gas, gives us so many advantages economically and promises to allow us to resume high-end manufacturing and so forth at lower cost then the rest of the world, and as we learned from COVID, it’s very important that we have here in United States the vital resources that we need and that we’re not dependent on other countries.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=VITAL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vital
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VITAL
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=VITAL
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=VITAL
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html