The meaning of Linchpins

Linchpins – definition

noun
A person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
Usage examples:
Nurses are the linchpin of the national health service
noun
A pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
Usage examples:
He put the wheel back and secured it with a new linchpin, which he carved from a piece of wood.

noun
A person or thing that is the most important part of a group or system’s operation
Usage examples:
The city’s river park is the linchpin of its efforts to sell itself as a vacation destination.

noun
The most important member of a group or part of a system, that holds together the other members or parts or makes it possible for them to operate as intended
Usage examples:
Linchpin of sth consumer spending is the linchpin of the economy.

Linchpins translation into English

Linchpins: translate from English into Chinese

关键, 辖

Linchpins: translate from English into Dutch

Spil, Splitpen, Luns, Belangrijk persoon, Belangrijkste deel

Linchpins: translate from English into French

Pivots, Pivot, Esse

Linchpins: translate from English into German

Dreh- und angelpunkt, Stütze, Achsnagel, Lünse, Achsennagel

Linchpins: translate from English into Hindi

लिंचपिन्स, लींचपीण

Linchpins: translate from English into Italian

Perni, Acciarino

Linchpins: translate from English into Korean

린치핀, 비녀장, 바퀴 핀, 바퀴 고정쐐기

Linchpins: translate from English into Russian

Стержни, Чека, Чека колеса

Linchpins: translate from English into Spanish

Ejes, Eje, Pezonera

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old English lynis (in the sense ‘linchpin’) + pin.

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Linchpins – similar words

linchpin

noun
A person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
Usage examples:
Nurses are the linchpin of the national health service

noun
A person or thing that is the most important part of a group or system’s operation
Usage examples:
The city’s river park is the linchpin of its efforts to sell itself as a vacation destination.

noun
The most important member of a group or part of a system, that holds together the other members or parts or makes it possible for them to operate as intended
Usage examples:
Linchpin of sth consumer spending is the linchpin of the economy.

All meanings and translations of Linchpin

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