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    key
    [kē]
    noun
    key (noun) · keys (plural noun)
    1. a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
      "there were two keys to the cupboard" · "a room key"
      • a small, shaped metal implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, especially one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle:
        "Nat turned the key in the ignition"
      • short for key card
      • an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, especially one for winding a clock or turning a valve.
      • a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted between other pieces, or fitting into a hole or space designed for it, so as to lock parts together.
    2. each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone:
      "press the ENTER key"
      • a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina:
        "a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano"
      • a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example in telegraphy.
      • an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc..
      • a set of answers to exercises or problems:
        "a key at the back of the book provides the answers"
      • a word or system for solving a cipher or code:
        "it took him some time to find the key, the connection between the code and the Odyssey"
      • the first move in the solution of a chess problem.
      • computing
        a field in a record which is used to identify that record uniquely.
    3. music
      a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece or passage of music:
      "the key of E minor"
      • the tone or pitch of someone's voice:
        "his voice had changed to a lower key"
      • the prevailing tone or tenor of a piece of writing, situation, etc.:
        "it was like the sixties all over again, in a new, more austerely intellectual key"
      • the prevailing range of tones or intensities in a painting:
        "these mauves, lime greens, and saffron yellows recall the high key of El Greco's palette"
    4. the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore maple, typically growing in bunches; a samara.
    5. the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest.
      • the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material.
    6. basketball
      the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket, comprising the free-throw circle and the foul line:
      "he hit another jumper from the top of the key"
    verb
    key (verb) · keys (third person present) · keyed (past tense) · keyed (past participle) · keying (present participle)
    1. enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad:
      "not everyone can key data quickly and accurately" · "she keyed in a series of commands" · "the information is then keyed into a computer" · "a hacker caused disruption after keying into a vital database"
    2. fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt:
      "the coils may be keyed into the slots by fiber wedges"
    3. roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material:
      "a wooden float with nails driven through it is used to key the wall surface between coats"
    4. word (an advertisement in a particular periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses:
      "one keys advertisements and measures returns"
    5. informal
      vandalize a car by scraping the paint from it with a key:
      "somebody could key your car and not get punished"
    6. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      be the crucial factor in achieving:
      "Ewing keyed a 73–35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds"
    Origin
    Old English cÇŁg, cÇŁge, of unknown origin.
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  2. Alternative words for key include12:
    • Basic
    • Crucial
    • Decisive
    • Fundamental
    • Indispensable
    • Leading
    • Main
    • Major
    • Critical
    • Pivotal
    • Vital
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    other words for key. basic. crucial. decisive. fundamental. indispensable. leading. main. major.

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    Synonyms for key. critical, crucial, pivotal, vital. Words Related to key. decisive, life-and-death. (also life-or-death),

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