What does Vital mean?

Definitions for Vital
ˈvaɪt lvi·tal

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Vital.

Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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 Dictionary

  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. vitalisvita, life—vivĕre, to live; cog. with Gr. bios, life.]

Editors Contribution

  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 Records

  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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

How to pronounce Vital?

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. Todd Schulte:

    Eliminating this vital policy is a clear step in the wrong direction that will hurt job creation and middle class wage growth in the United States.

  2. Paul Roth:

    Leonard Nimoy showed a young, nerdy, bullied me that not only could science be important and valued, but it could literally save entire ships, planets, and galaxies of lives, as I grew up, he taught me that reason could be tempered with humor. That learned adults still had more to learn. That feminism and opposing prejudice was vital. And that there is no age too late to reinvent yourself.

  3. Victoria Harmer:

    It is encouraging and perhaps to be celebrated that women are detecting similar rates of cancers and this should arm women with confidence that they are performing this task well, the risk of breast cancer increases with a woman's age, so it is vital older women continue to be breast aware.

  4. Guy Platten:

    Freedom of navigation is vital for global trade and we encourage all nations to uphold this fundamental principle of maritime law.

  5. Republican Assemblyman James Gallagher:

    This to me seems to be another example of Democrats wanting to remove parents from the equation, i think that’s flawed policy. I think parents are vital to these decisions.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

Vital#1#4760#10000

Translations for Vital

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for Vital »

Translation

Find a translation for the Vital definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Vital." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 Nov. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Vital>.

Discuss these Vital definitions with the community:

1 Comment
  • Jaelynn
    any meanings of it at all please say yes or no or even show me where it is at please?
    LikeReply1 year ago

Are we missing a good definition for Vital? Don't keep it to yourself...

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

Quiz

Are you a words master?

»
the act of making something completely wet
A arbalist
B sousing
C slur
D brashness

Nearby & related entries:

Alternative searches for Vital: