(a) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

(s) having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

(s) of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

(s) having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"

(s) having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require"

(a) (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet"

(a) (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; "no one believed her capable of murder"

(s) have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"

(s) possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

(n) a healthcare facility for outpatient care

(n) meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity

(n) a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists

(n) a quantity that does not vary

(n) a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"

(a) steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

(s) continually recurring or continuing without interruption; "constant repetition of the exercise"; "constant chatter of monkeys"

(s) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standar

(s) persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat"; "principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"

(n) a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

(n) the act of committing a crime

(n) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

(n) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces

(n) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"

(n) a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

(n) a group of representatives or delegates

(n) a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission"

(n) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"

(v) charge with a task

(v) put into commission; equip for service; of ships

(v) place an order for

(n) availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew"

(n) the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command"

(n) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

(n) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

(n) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

(n) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer

(n) a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

(v) make someone do something

(v) be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"

(v) demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"

(v) exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"

(v) look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

(n) a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"

(n) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

(n) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

(v) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

(v) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

(v) make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser

(v) make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

(v) compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

(v) make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

(v) direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

(v) draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"