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
Natalya	nah-TAH-lyah	Russian
Ingrid	ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Konstantine	-	Georgian
Veeti	VE:-tee	Finnish
Francine	frawn-SEEN (French), fran-SEEN (English)	French, English
Alpert	['ælpət]