all-important

Modifying Another Word

• not: Having loads of money isn't a huge advantage and the product's not all-important at first.
• therefore: Determination and a strong focus are therefore all-important attributes.
• so: Few can so easily take a minor matter and through their enthusiasm make it seem so all-important.

Modifies a noun

• interview: Are you lacking in confidence for that all-important job interview?
• timing: This is a sound idea, as long as you manage the all-important timing just right.
• goal: Tate rescued his side nine minutes from time with the all-important goal.
• factor: Despite the all-important time factor, clinics are not open seven days a week or 24 hours a day.
• touch: Only then will Photoshop be used to add the all-important finishing touches.
• question: We are still faced by the all-important question: How do you propose to change the existing system?

Used with adjective complement

become: Managing information or creating new products has become all-important.