Definitions for pivotal
ˈpɪv ə tlpiv·otal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pivotal, polaradjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. pivotaladjective

   of, relating to, or being a pivot

2. pivotaladjective

   being of crucial importance; central, key

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1. pivotal

   Pivotal refers to something of crucial importance or significance, especially in relation to the development, success, or failure of something. It often denotes a point, factor, or element that plays a major or central role in influencing outcomes or determining results.

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1. Pivotaladjective

   of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle

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1. Pivotal

   Pivotal is building a new platform for a new era, setting the standard for Enterprise Platform- as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's mission is to enable customers to build a new class of applications, leveraging big and fast data, doing all of this with the power of cloud independence.Uniting selected technology, people and programs from EMC and VMware, the following products and services are now part of Pivotal: Greenplum®, Cloud Foundry, Spring, Cetas, Pivotal Labs®, GemFire® and other products from the VMware vFabricTM Suite.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pivotal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pivotal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pivotal in a Sentence

1. Unifor National President Jerry Dias:

   I'm elated, it came right down to the wire, (Leitch) found a way to make sure the corporation knew that there had to be a negotiated settlement, and her strong statements in that regard were pivotal.

2. Marjorie Dannenfelser:

   Justice Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court marks a pivotal moment for the fight to ensure every unborn child is welcomed and protected.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   Many people have commented on the comparison and I’m flattered by it, frankly, margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and perilous time.

4. Johnson Johnson:

   A study pause, in which recruitment or dosing is paused by the study sponsor, is a standard component of a clinical trial protocol, a regulatory hold of a clinical trial is a requirement by a regulatory health authority, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As outlined in our transparency commitments, we proactively disclose any regulatory hold of a pivotal clinical trial.

5. Kelly Sadler:

   Facebook's fact-check policy is a joke, we will aggressively defend our First Amendment freedom, especially in this pivotal election year. We will not be censored by wannabe Democratic operatives posing as third-party arbiters of the truth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pivotal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pivotal
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pivotal
5. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pivotal
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=pivotal