Word for most important thing

I tried to find a single word that means «most important», but I couldn’t. I want it to be able to express what’s missing below:

If you get hurt, the _ thing to do is to stay calm.

It would need to describe something as being the absolute, single most important thing as opposed to just very important.

I did find the word «quintessential», but I think that word also has another meaning which is used more frequently.

I thought about making up my own, but I couldn’t find a prefix that means «most».


I feel kind of silly, but I think I have been looking for a word based on a concept that doesn’t exist in English. I was looking for a word that could never be used to describe two things as both being the most important. I think some of these words, like ‘imperative,’ express necessity as opposed to importance, but I may be wrong. The word ‘key’ expresses importance, but it, like ‘important,’ could be used to refer to multiple things. The two most important players are Sam and Ashley. The two key players are Sam and Ashley. I was thinking of a word that would describe importance as ‘best’ describes ‘goodness,’ but I’m realizing that that doesn’t really make sense because even the word ‘best,’ though I think it tends to often describe only one thing, is often used to describe two things. The two best players are Sam and Ashley.

I guess, with the superlative, if you take any adjective and put the noun it’s modifying in a singular form, it implies that that noun is the single strongest possessor of that adjective. I could just say «The important thing to do is to stay calm,» and I think that would imply that that is the single most important thing to do because the word ‘thing’ is singular.

I think the fact that the same word can be used to describe the single strongest possessor of a trait (the tallest person) and multiple strongest possessors of a trait (one of the tallest people) kind of rubs me wrong. If anyone’s curious, I was thinking of inventing the word ‘monobest’ or ‘unibest’ to mean single best. This way, you couldn’t say «one of the monobest» because ‘mono’ means one, and something can’t be both both multiple and one. Similarly, ‘monotant’ or ‘unitant’ could mean single most important (I’ve shortened the word ‘important’).

Thank you all, and sorry if this question was misleading.


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Предложения


The most important thing, I think, is a sense of intentionality.



Мне кажется, что самое главное — это декларация о намерениях.


The most important thing for any Russian woman is her family.


The most important thing is our chemistry.



Однако я думаю, что самое важное — это наша химия.


The most important thing is a calm character and love for children.



Самое важное — это пример трезвой жизни и любовь к ребенку.


The most important thing in education is a good teacher.


The most important thing that everyone gets attracted towards you is your smile.


The most important thing in our life is a desire.


The most important thing about fire trucks is that they have a ladder.


The most important thing when choosing a hearing aid is to be fitted with one that’s optimized to your own personal needs.



Самое главное, при выборе слухового аппарата, выбрать тот, который оптимизирован для ваших личных потребностей.


The most important thing to do is teach children a plan in case of a fire.



Самое главное — научить ребенка действиям при пожаре.


The most important thing that an individual can do is educate themselves.



Самое главное, что человек может сделать, это воспитывать себя.


The most important thing is the inner aspirations to which, in general, we don’t attribute much importance.



Самое главное — это внутренние побуждения, чему обычно мы не придаем особого значения…


The most important thing overall is to stay realistic.



Самое важное в любой момент времени оставаться реалистами.


The most important thing for us are the children.


The most important thing is achieving our strategic objective.


The most important thing that needs due attention is the software that makes online casinos work.



Самое главное, на что необходимо обращать особое внимание, это программное обеспечение, за счет которого онлайн-казино Вулкан функционирует.


The most important thing though is not the buildings and decorations made in her honor.



Самое главное, конечно же, не те строительные и архитектурные дела, которые были произведены в Лавре.


The most important thing is the purpose of your visit.


The most important thing is to make sure that the beast doesn’t wake up.


The most important thing is that people understand they should stay calm.



Самое важная вещь состоит в том, чтобы люди понимали, что им нужно сохранять спокойствие.

Ничего не найдено для этого значения.

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most important thing in the world — перевод на русский

Perhaps air traffic isn’t the most important thing in the world.

Но может, воздушные перевозки это не самая важная вещь в мире.

Lt looks like the most important thing in the world.

Это выглядет как самая важная вещь в мире.

No, the most important thing in the world is fishing.

Нет, самая важная вещь в мире — это рыбалка.

The mail’s the most important thing in the world now.

Сейчас почта — это самая важная вещь в мире.

Honey, i know you think being pretty Seems like the most important thing in the world right now, But believe me, it’s not.

Дорогая, я знаю, ты думаешь, что хорошо выглядеть — это сейчас самая важная вещь в мире, но поверь мне, это не так.

Показать ещё примеры для «самая важная вещь в мире»…

«A bear diet consists of liberals and Dems and wacko environmentalists that think the spotted owl is the most important thing in the world.

«Медвежья диета состоит из либералов и дерьмократов и чокнутых борцов за окружающую среду, которые думают, что пятнистая сова — это самое важное в мире.

But maybe literature isn’t the most important thing in the world!

Но может быть литература — это не самое важное в мире!

You couldn’t wait to free yourself from the Bligh name but for James, it is the most important thing in the world, and this would destroy it.

Ты не могла дождаться, чтобы избавиться от фамилии Блайт, но для Джеймса это самое важное в мире. И это все разрушит.

Hey. It’s like one moment, I’m the most important thing in the world, and the next time… too much responsibility.

Вчера я для неё самое важное в мире, а сегодня… слишком много ответственности.

You’re the most important thing in the world to me.

Ты — самое важное в этом мире для меня

Показать ещё примеры для «самое важное в мире»…

He’s the most important thing in the world to me.

Он — самое важное на свете для меня.

That family is the most important thing in the world?

Что семья это самое важное на свете?

My family is The most important thing in the world to me.

Семья для меня — самое важное на свете.

No, I found out that how much money you make is not the most important thing in the world.

Нет, я понял, что размер зарплаты — не самое важное на свете.

So how ’bout we get back to being BFFs, because your friendship is the most important thing in the world to me.

Давай снова будем лучшими друзьями, ведь для меня твоя дружба – самое важное на свете.

Показать ещё примеры для «самое важное на свете»…

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Предложения с «the most important thing»

But the most important thing about this conversation is that it happened at all.

Но самый важный момент этих обсуждений — это то, что они вообще произошли.

The most important thing about a preferential option for the poor is what it’s not.

Об этом приоритетном обслуживании важно знать, чем оно не является.

In that moment, the most important thing to Paul was to hold our baby daughter.

В тот момент самым важным для Пола было то, что он держал нашу дочь.

The most important thing she said was she didn’t need anybody else’s permission — not a clinic appointment, not a doctor’s prescription, not a pharmacist’s order.

Самое главное, она сказала, — это то, что ей не нужно было чьё — то разрешение: ни приём в больнице, ни рецепт врача, ни предписание фармацевта.

I don’t know if I do it right, but the most important thing is that I know it and I understand it.

Не знаю, насколько успешно, но главное, что я знакóм с этим приложением, разбираюсь в нём.

The most important thing that I’ve learned is that we do not do enough to support mothers and babies.

Самое главное, что я узнала, — мы не оказываем достаточной поддержки матерям и их малышам.

And the most important thing that day was that he was not going to leave with that embarrassment, that experience of embarrassment.

Самым важным в тот день стало то, что он не ушёл с тем чувством полного смущения, что он пережил в тот момент неловкости.

However, I believe that the most important thing we do as archaeologists is acknowledge that past people existed and lived lives worth learning about.

Я считаю, что самое главное, в работе археолога — это признание существования людей и их жизни, о которой нам стоит узнать.

But I think the most important thing , if you want to build a culture of successful givers, is to be thoughtful about who you let onto your team.

На мой взгляд, самое важное при построении общества успешных дающих — вдумчиво подходить к найму сотрудников.

This was the most important thing .

Это было самым главным.

The health is the most important thing in the life, because there is no life without the health .

Здоровье — это само главное в жизни, так как без здоровья и жизни НЕТ.

But the most important thing ,in my opinion, is speaking fluently.

На мой взгляд самое важное — это говорить бегло.

The most important thing is that I made a lot of new friends.

А самое главное я нашёл много новых друзей.

The most important thing is, of course, to start acting immediately, otherwise we might have to face many global disasters.

Самое важное, конечно же, начать действовать сейчас, или нам придётся столкнуться со многими глобальными катастрофами.

The most important thing for being good friends, to my mind, is to be ready to help one another in any situation, nevertheless how difficult it is, to support one another and to solve all the problems together.

Самая важная вещь для того, чтобы быть хорошими друзьями, к моему мнению, должна быть готова помочь друг другу в любой ситуации, однако насколько трудный это, поддерживать друг друга и решить все проблемы вместе.

The most important thing now is to pass the entrance exams well and to enter the university.

Самое главное сейчас — хорошо сдать вступительные экзамены и поступить в университет.

The most important thing is, that the convicts should believe that the inhabitants of the island are numerous, and consequently capable of resisting them.

Важнее всего внушить этим преступникам убеждение, что обитатели острова многочисленны и сумеют им противостоять.

Okay, look, the most important thing right now Is to discover if the knife that the boy brought to us Is the actual murder weapon.

Знаешь, самое важное сейчас узнать является ли нож, котоый принес нас мальчик, настоящим орудием убийства.

Regardless of what happens to us, the most important thing … is that this building be destroyed immediately before they escape.

Независимо от того, что случится с нами, самое важное… чтобы здание было уничтожено немедленно.

That’s for sure, but you missed the most important thing .

Это верно, но ты не учла самого главного.

The most important thing is for you guys to just keep your distance.

Самое главное — это, чтобы твои парни держали дистанцию.

The most important thing is security on line.

«Самое важное – это безопасность в режиме онлайн.

The most important thing here is the ranking.

Главное здесь было — место.

Culture is the most important thing , I would say, because that’s what brings joy to life.

Я бы сказал, культура — это самое важное, потому что именно она даёт радость жизни.

The most important thing is that this pattern points to a possible drop towards 82.00 or even 81.45 which was the prior low.

Самое важное, что эта модель указывает на возможное снижение к уровню 82.00 или даже 81.45, который был предыдущим минимумом.

The most important thing for him would be to simply get more and better data.

Самое главное сейчас заключается в том, чтобы собрать больше информации более высокого качества.

Some feel that their religion is the most important thing to them, and that that’s where their first loyalty will always lie.

Некоторые считают, что религия — это самая важная для них вещь и что их преданность, прежде всего, будет относиться к вере.

“The most important thing right now is probably how the economy is adjusting to new conditions,” Nabiullina said last month.

«Сейчас самое важное — как экономика приспосабливается к новым условиям.

Now, we put a lot of money into education, and I really think that education is the most important thing to get right for the country to have as strong a future as it should have.

Сейчас, мы вкладываем много денег в образование и я действительно считаю, что правильное образование — это действительно самая важная вещь, чтобы у страны было действительно достойное будущее.

“The most important thing for the Land of Israel is to build and build and build [Jewish settlements].”

? Наиболее важной задачей Земли Израильской является строительство, строительство и еще раз строительство [еврейских поселений]».

The most important thing , when you begin to throw a pot, is to make sure that your clay is in the absolute centre of your wheel, so you need to throw it down firmly.

Самое важное, когда вы начинаете делать горшок, убедиться в том, что вы положили глину в самый центр колеса, для этого вам нужно ее уверенно бросить.

The gringos are friendly enough, but the most important thing in Gringolandia is to have ambition… to succeed in becoming somebody.

Янки достаточно дружелюбны, но самая важная вещь в Дудляндии — это иметь амбиции, преуспеть в том, чтобы стать шишкой.

Well, the most important thing a Doula can do is create a calm and serene environment for the child to enter.

Самое важное, что может сделать дула — это создать спокойную и невозмутимую обстановку для вхождения ребенка.

The most important thing is that you display honesty, courage and compassion when you extend your apologies.

Самое важное — быть честным, проявить мужество и участие, когда идешь дальше.

It’s the most important thing we’ve had this year.

Это важнейший для нас заказ в нынешнем году.

I’m about to pull the curtain on the most important thing in my life and you come blubbering for me to stop.

Я уже готов поднять занавес над самой важной вещью в моей жизн, а вы тут льете слезы, чтобы я прекратил.

I think the most important thing with Penny is to go really slow.

Если навскидку, я думаю, самое важное в отношениях с Пенни — никуда не спешить.

But the dance of good and evil could become jumbled, and the manipulation itself becomes the most important thing .

Но игры зла и добра могут стать настолько запутанными, что манипуляции становятся самой важной вещью.

And everybody remember all right? The most important thing to do before squeezing the trigger is to breathe, okay?

Так, и все помним, самое важное перед тем, как стрелять, это выдохнуть, ясно?

The most important thing , is concentration.

Самое главное — сосредоточиться .

I’ve found out that money is the most important thing in the world and, as God is my witness, I don’t ever intend to be without it again.

Я обнаружила, что деньги — самое важное на свете, и бог мне свидетель, я не желаю больше жить без них.

The most important thing is momentum.

Самое главное здесь — это толчок.

The most important thing to learn is when it is appropriate to take the forefront and when you should step back and observe.

Главное научиться понимать, когда уместно выйти на первый план, а когда лучше наблюдать, стоя в стороне.

Help must take the form of money, but the most important thing is a proper and sound organization.

Помощь должна заключаться в деньгах, но главным образом в правильной и серьезной организации.

Julius, the most important thing had to remain unwritten anyway.

Юлиус, самое главное должно было остаться ненаписанным.

I always thought family was the most important thing to Puerto Ricans.

Я всегда думал, что семья — самая важная вещь для пуэрториканок.

I’ve forgotten the most important thing ; a certain mutual acquaintance of ours has instructed me to transmit to you a small debt of his.

Я забыл самое главное: один наш общий знакомый поручил мне передать вам его небольшой должок.

And never have any children, added Melanie, to whom this was the most important thing .

И бездетными, — добавила Мелани: ей эта сторона вопроса казалась наиболее существенной.

But the most important thing , the path of paths, we will not find.

Но того, что одно только и является существенным, — настоящего пути мы не находим.

The most important thing to remember is when you stop, put your trailer brakes on, or you’ll jackknife.

Очень важно помнить: тормозить трейлер первым, а то сложишься.

And ours is big and messy and unconventional and also the most important thing to us.

О нашей большой неуклюжей. нетрадиционной семье , а также о самом главном для нас.

I think the most important thing for potential investors to understand is that fraud prevention and fraud detection are both improving rapidly, and insurance is a $4 trillion industry.

Я думаю, самое важное для потенциальных инвесторов это понять, что и предотвращение, и определение подделок быстро развиваются и страхование это 4 — триллионная индустрия

After all, a clear sky was almost the most important thing in life.

Безоблачное небо, наверное, самая важная на свете вещь.

is, when dealing with a bully, the most important thing is to be constructive and positive.

когда имею дело с хулиганом, Самое главное быть конструктивным и позитивным.

The timing for implementation is the most important thing right now.

Расчет времени для реализации — это сейчас… самое важное.

To a man, kindhearted is the most important thing .

Для мужчины добросердечность — самое важное.

After all, the most important thing is our friendship.

Ведь нет ничего важнее нашей дружбы.

The work has got to be separate, untouchable, the most important thing .

Работа должна стоять отдельно, непрекасаемо, это самое главное.

It may not be epic, but it is the most important thing you will ever do, and it won’t happen if you’re off seeking revenge for some decades-old crime.

В этом нет ничего грандиозного, но это может быть самым важным из всех твоих поступков, но ты его не совершишь, если продолжишь мстить за преступление многолетней давности.

The most important thing , especially for television, is to have simultaneous labeling that people are being hit with an advertisement at the moment they are,

Что касается телевидения, здесь очень важно дать людям знать, что, видя на экране то или иное, они смотрят на рекламу.

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support

help out

put yourself out (for someone)

get through

nurse

benefit

guide

reach out to

abet

aid

aid and abet

ally

bail out

be at someone’s service

bend over backwards (to do something)

be of service to someone

be the making of

be there (for someone)

buddy up

carry

carry through

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English Language & Usage Asked by Temme on October 25, 2020

I tried to find a single word that means “most important”, but I couldn’t. I want it to be able to express what’s missing below:

If you get hurt, the _ thing to do is to stay calm.

It would need to describe something as being the absolute, single most important thing as opposed to just very important.

I did find the word “quintessential”, but I think that word also has another meaning which is used more frequently.

I thought about making up my own, but I couldn’t find a prefix that means “most”.


I feel kind of silly, but I think I have been looking for a word based on a concept that doesn’t exist in English. I was looking for a word that could never be used to describe two things as both being the most important. I think some of these words, like ‘imperative,’ express necessity as opposed to importance, but I may be wrong. The word ‘key’ expresses importance, but it, like ‘important,’ could be used to refer to multiple things. The two most important players are Sam and Ashley. The two key players are Sam and Ashley. I was thinking of a word that would describe importance as ‘best’ describes ‘goodness,’ but I’m realizing that that doesn’t really make sense because even the word ‘best,’ though I think it tends to often describe only one thing, is often used to describe two things. The two best players are Sam and Ashley.

I guess, with the superlative, if you take any adjective and put the noun it’s modifying in a singular form, it implies that that noun is the single strongest possessor of that adjective. I could just say “The important thing to do is to stay calm,” and I think that would imply that that is the single most important thing to do because the word ‘thing’ is singular.

I think the fact that the same word can be used to describe the single strongest possessor of a trait (the tallest person) and multiple strongest possessors of a trait (one of the tallest people) kind of rubs me wrong. If anyone’s curious, I was thinking of inventing the word ‘monobest’ or ‘unibest’ to mean single best. This way, you couldn’t say “one of the monobest” because ‘mono’ means one, and something can’t be both both multiple and one. Similarly, ‘monotant’ or ‘unitant’ could mean single most important (I’ve shortened the word ‘important’).

Thank you all, and sorry if this question was misleading.

16 Answers

In the context If you get hurt, the — thing to do is to stay calm, you can use key.

In other contexts, prime, preeminent, or vital can be used.

Answered by andy256 on October 25, 2020

Answered by Elian on October 25, 2020

How about crucial: «Extremely significant or important: a crucial problem; vital to the resolution of a crisis; decisive.»

critical: Indispensable; essential.

essential: Basic or indispensable; necessary

vital: necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining:

It was critical that he stop them for if he did not the battle was sure to be lost.

Answered by anongoodnurse on October 25, 2020

foremost would fit.

adv. So as to be most important.

adj., adv. first in place, rank, importance, etc

There is the phrase «first and foremost» also, that emphasizes this:

first to be dealt with and most important.

First and foremost, I think you should work harder on your biology. Have this in mind first and foremost: Keep smiling!


Note: You can check example usages in Google Books as well.

Answered by ermanen on October 25, 2020

If you get hurt, the primary thing to do is to stay calm. Also foremost or paramount.

Answered by Spehro Pefhany on October 25, 2020

The area to explore here begins at the word superlative..

..a word which is often used as the title of awards given to groups of people at era ends, such as at the end of high school for yearbook purposes; in that context, «superlative» awards may contain categories such as «most likely to succeed» or «best hair» or «least likely to harm a fly» etcetera.

Basically, the ideation implied by superlative involves seeking out, for purposes of identification, the most extreme end of a spectrum involving two trivial opposites such as tall and short or desirable and undesirable.

All other answers supplied began at this concept and ended with a trivial selection by the author of the response.

Answered by miercoledi on October 25, 2020

I would go with BEST.

If you get hurt, the best thing to do is to stay calm.

But also, PRINCIPAL, MAIN, or INDISPENSABLE could work.

If you get hurt, the principal thing to do is to stay calm.

If you get hurt, the main thing to do is to stay calm.

If you get hurt, the indispensable thing to do is to stay calm.

Answered by GMB on October 25, 2020

You could use crux of the matter to be a little fancy.

But I would just go with number one.

Answered by RyeɃreḁd on October 25, 2020

Imperative.

It is imperative that you stay calm.

Answered by drunkenwagoner on October 25, 2020

Thought someone would have put this, but the first word that came into my head was «priority».

Priority

highest or higher in importance, rank, privilege, etc.: a priority task.

Answered by Adsy on October 25, 2020

I can’t yet comment, or upvote, but the single best answer is imperative.

Imperative.

It is imperative that you stay calm.

as suggested by drukenwagoner.

Quintessential is normally used to define something as representing the ‘purest’ form, e.g. «quintessentially evil»

Critical (medica) is a strong contender, as a thing that is critical must be done before anything else, otherwise the following actions will fail, though usually associated with an action, not a state of mind.

First (Nourished Gourmet) and foremost (Spehro Pefhany) are both ordinal statements, indicating that a transient step should be taken, where as the state of mind referenced by the OP is a persistent theme.

Crux of the matter doesn’t fit as the OP is not trying to produce a clarifying statement of a convoluted argument or conversation, there is no «point» to be restated for clarity.

Indispensable is a statement of necessity not importance. Things can be indispensable yet trivial, due to their availability.

My own suggestion would be vital, as in «it is vital your organs remain connected and inside your body».

Answered by Sensillium on October 25, 2020

Imperative — of vital importance, crucial

Answered by Merin Nakarmi on October 25, 2020

If you get hurt, the _ thing to do is to stay calm.

Most important and best are both superlatives, the fact that the former consists of two words does not lessen its greatest in quality. Nothing else which may be suggested is more important than staying calm. On the other hand, «monobest» as you described it

I was thinking of inventing the word ‘monobest’ or ‘unibest’ to mean
single best. This way, you couldn’t say «one of the monobest» because
‘mono’ means one, and something can’t be both both multiple and one.

might be potentially harmful.
Imagine being seriously injured, «the «monobest» thing is to keep calm«, mono- implies that nothing else is necessary, the act of staying calm is the one thing to do. Why do anything else afterwards? Instead, there might be several things one could do in a similar situation; call an ambulance, bandage the wound, place an ice pack on the injury and so on.

You do not want to exclude other courses of actions, there has to be a list of some sorts. In other words, because the superlative form, most important, is used for comparing one thing with every other thing in that group, it fits perfectly well in your sentence.

Answered by Mari-Lou A on October 25, 2020

Good suggestions here already, especially «critical», «paramount», «foremost», and «primary» IMHO.
I’d just like to add «pivotal» to the growing list.

#piv·ot·al
/ˈpivətl/
adjective

  1. of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.
    «the alliance that played a pivotal role in the revolution»
    synonyms: central, crucial, vital, critical, focal, essential, key, decisive
    «Japan’s pivotal role in the world economy»

«Pivotal» appeals to the mechanical, physical sense of a rotational axis, which occupies a single point. Around this point, parts may connect that are otherwise independently mobile, or a rotating body’s center of mass may exist. Thus the word implies a sort of unique, decisive importance that isn’t value-laden or hyperbolic, but rather neutral and pragmatic.

As such, it might even sound a little unnatural in your intended context:

If you get hurt, the pivotal thing to do is to stay calm.

Yet this matter-of-fact sensibility might be useful, especially if you wish to make a clear and practical point without appealing to emotion, as with more positive or alarming alternatives.
It seems that emotional arousal is the problem at hand, after all.

Answered by Nick Stauner on October 25, 2020

In the context, and digging deeper into what makes one thing more important than the other, consider ‘vital’.

Answered by Leon Conrad on October 25, 2020

Colloquial and short, but I think «top» would do very nicely

Answered by LinkDinkin on October 25, 2020

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