All 6 Uses

crucial
in
The Truth About Forever
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Then, after a couple of reminders about other things it was crucial I attend to, this: If you're having problems with Bethany and Amanda, you should address them directly.†
Chpt 3 *

crucial = very important
My sister, unlike most of her new friends in the garden club and Junior League, did not gloss over her wild past, maintaining instead that it had been crucial to her development as a person.†
Chpt 3
There was a dartboard on the pantry door, a moose head over the fireplace, and the utensil drawer held everything my dad considered crucial to get by: a beer opener, a spatula, and a sharp fillet knife.†
Chpt 3
I care about you very much, but this upcoming senior year is crucial in terms of my ideological and academic goals, and I cannot take on a more serious commitment.†
Chpt 3
"See, it's one thing to do angels," she said to me, while Wes looked on, "but what's crucial here is how the medium spells out the concept.†
Chpt 8
It's crucial that you do well on your SATs and are focused on your classes.†
Chpt 11

Definitions:

(1) (crucial)
very important or necessary -- often because it determines how something else will turn out
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)