English-Dutch translations for instrumental

• instrumentaal
• instrumenteel
  Besluiten zullen, meer dan vroeger, thematisch in plaats van instrumenteel van aard zijn. It will be more thematically orientated and less instrumental than in the past.
  Drugsprogramma's hebben bijgevolg een instrumenteel karakter. Drug programmes therefore have a purely instrumental character.
  Menselijk leven, in welk stadium van de ontwikkeling dan ook, mag nooit slechts instrumenteel gebruikt worden! Human life, at whatever stage of development, should never be used in a merely instrumental manner.

Definition of instrumental

• essential or central; of great importance or relevance
• Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice
• Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by ''by'or ''with'with the objective
• The instrumental case

Examples

• He was instrumental in conducting the business
• instrumental music
• An instrumental part
• the instrumental case This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms. It continues to be used in Slavic languages.--

Related words

• instrument
• instrumentate
• instruments
• instrumentalist
• instrumentality
• instrumentally
• instrumentation
• instrumentalism
• multi-instrumentalist