instrumental in doing

instrumental in doing something

playing an important part in doing something. John was instrumental in getting the contract to build the new building. Our senator was instrumental in defeating the bill.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Femme	FEM-mə (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
Ambrose	AM-broz	English
Ilham	-	Arabic
Giustino	joos-TEE-no	Italian
Aleksandra	ah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian
Flavie	fla-VEE	French