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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope