key in English

adjective

1

of paramount or crucial importance.

she became a key figure in the suffragette movement

synonyms: crucial, central, essential, indispensable, pivotal, critical, dominant, vital, principal, prime, primary, chief, major, leading, main, important, significant

noun

1

a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, and that is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.

In the recovery room and three theatres, the drugs cupboards had been opened using force and the metal cupboards inside had been opened with keys .

2

each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone.

The participants initiated the trials by pressing any of the keys on the computer keyboard.

3

a thing that provides a means of gaining access to or understanding something.

the key to Jack's behavior may lie submerged in his unhappy past

synonyms: answer, clue, solution, explanation, basis, foundation, requisite, precondition, means, way, route, path, passport, secret, formula

4

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

5

the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore maple, typically growing in bunches; a samara.

Visitors were not allowed to use pens or pencils but to use other media such as twigs, sycamore keys and string, among other things, with Indian ink to make marks.

6

the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest.

If the surface was primed with DG27, this first coat should be thick enough to cover over all of the key .

7

the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket, comprising the free-throw circle and the foul line.

The post player nearest the ball is the one to break and set a screen for the guard near the top of the key .

8

a low-lying island or reef, especially in the Caribbean.

Now, you'll appreciate that the Bahamas is an island chain of more than 700 islands and keys .

verb

1

enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

she keyed in a series of commands

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.

Where no keying mix or bonding agent is specified, wet smooth concrete surfaces immediately before plastering.

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.

But the firm makes much of its money from selling advertising space keyed to the words for which its users search.

5

be the crucial factor in achieving.

Ewing keyed a 73–35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds

6

vandalize a car by scraping the paint from it with a key.

somebody could key your car and not get punished

adjective

crucial, central, essential, indispensable, pivotal, critical, dominant, vital, principal, prime, primary, chief, major, leading, main, important, significant
fundamental, central, primal, cardinal

noun

door key, answer, keystone, cay, tonality, winder, paint, samara
door key, latchkey, pass key, master key
answer, clue, solution, explanation, basis, foundation, requisite, precondition, means, way, route, path, passport, secret, formula
keystone, headstone
cay
tonality
winder
paint
samara

verb

distinguish
distinguish, describe, name, discover, identify

Use "key" in a sentence

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2. Asymmetric data key pair — An RSA or elliptic curve (ECC) key pair that consists of a public key and a private key

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6. Your key.

7. Key Concepts

8. 4 words related to Achene: key fruit, samara, key, fruit

9. The hot key starts, needs to register the hot key.

10. Save Key Scheme

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13. Single Key Accelerators

14. Normal key colors

15. Key or combination?

16. The key thing.

17. Key protein role

18. Breathing is key.

19. The Backspace key or Back space key is a keyboard key that deletes any character before the cursor's current position.

20. Press the [ HELP CALC ] key to access the quick- key help menu

21. The skeleton key.

22. Punch the key.

23. Mac keyboard delete key: Mac users can now use the delete key without holding down the function key to remove items.

24. Skip first menu (access key: 1) Skip all menus (access key: 2)

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28. Key rings, key fobs, imitation jewellery, cuff links, tie pins, tie clips, badges

29. In addition, deactivating key-values can improve reporting performance on active key-values.

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31. Twelve-key alphanumeric keypad.

32. This car's the key.

33. Faith is the key.

34. Sure, there's a key.

35. That's her key chain.

36. Your private key lets you decrypt any message encrypted with your public key.

37. Arroganter Ehemann: Ancillary Key

38. Here is my key.

39. Certificate & & Key Bundle Attachments

40. The computer key code.

41. The key is interdependency.

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43. Metrics shown per key are an aggregate of all values assigned to that key.

44. 13 Self - Talk Key Words : Use one key word to keep the focus flowing.

45. Edit Key Binding List

46. The helicopter is key.

47. Where's the ruddy key?

48. Humility is the key.

49. The Key to Resistance

50. Is money the key?