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• pivotal — UK US /ˈpɪvətəl/ adjective ► if something is pivotal, it is very important because other things depend on it: a pivotal moment/point »The speech marked a pivotal moment in the World Bank s history. »Because immigrants do jobs that many people do… …   Financial and business terms

• pivotal — piv|ot|al [ pıvətl ] adjective 1. ) extremely important and affecting how something develops: a pivotal moment in the history of the Egyptian state He played a pivotal role in the negotiations. a pivotal figure/player in U.S. politics pivotal to …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pivotal — UK [ˈpɪvət(ə)l] / US adjective 1) extremely important and affecting how something develops a pivotal moment in the history of the Egyptian state He played a pivotal role in the negotiations. a pivotal figure/player in US politics pivotal to: He… …   English dictionary

• Pivotal quantity — In statistics, a pivotal quantity is a function of observations whose distribution does not depend on unknown parameters.More formally, given an independent and identically distributed sample X = (X 1,X 2,ldots,X n) from a distribution with… …   Wikipedia

• pivotal — adjective 1 a pivotal event/role/moment etc an event etc that has a very important effect on the way something develops: Mandela s release was a pivotal event in South Africa s history. | The Small Business Act had a pivotal role in job creation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• moment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, passing ▪ long ▪ precious, rare ▪ They were making the most of those last precious moments together …   Collocations dictionary

• pivotal — adj. Pivotal is used with these nouns: ↑event, ↑figure, ↑moment, ↑point, ↑role …   Collocations dictionary

• pivotal — adj central, focal, axial; critical, crucial, vital, decisive; momentous, of great moment, significant, important, urgent, pressing, exigent; paramount, principal, chief, supreme, main, capital, cardinal, primary, prime; basic, underlying,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• One Bright Shining Moment — One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern is a 2005 documentary directed by Stephen Vittoria. It chronicles the unsuccessful 1972 presidential campaign of progressive Democrat George McGovern.Narrated by Amy Goodman, with …   Wikipedia

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