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 Definitions of essential  [əˈsɛn ʃəl]  

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Definition of 'essential' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) essential
absolutely necessary; indispensable.

2.  essential
pertaining to or constituting the essence of a thing.

3.  essential
noting or containing an essence of a plant, drug, etc.

4.  essential
being such by its very nature or in the highest sense; natural; spontaneous:
essential happiness.

5.  essential
not associated with an underlying disease:
essential hypertension.

6. (n.) essential
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME essencial < ML essenciālis, for LL essentiālis)

Definition of 'essential' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
anything indispensable
"food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

2. (adj) essential, indispensable
absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
"essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

3. (adj) essential
basic and fundamental
"the essential feature"

4. (adj) all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)
of the greatest importance
"the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

5. (adj) essential
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
"essential oil"

6. (adj) substantive, essential
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
"substantive law"


Definition of 'essential' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) essential
necessary, or very important; = vital
the essential items you need for a week of camping; Water is essential to life.; It is essential that everyone stays calm.; It is essential to add the ingredients in this order.

2.  essential
most basic and central; = basic, fundamental
The essential problem is a lack of good nutrition.


Definition of 'essential' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) essential
belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is

2. (adj) essential
hence, really existing; existent

3. (adj) essential
important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary

4. (adj) essential
containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil

5. (adj) essential
necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones

6. (adj) essential
idiopathic; independent of other diseases


Translation of 'essential' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: absolutely necessary
Strong boots are essential for mountaineering; It is essential that you arrive punctually.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: noodsaaklik Arabic flag Arabic: جَوْهَري، أساسي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съществен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: essencial Czech flag Czech: nezbytný German flag German: wesentlich
Danish flag Danish: nødvendig; afgørende; ess Greek flag Greek: ουσιώδης, απαραίτητος Spanish flag Spanish: esencial, imprescindible
Estonian flag Estonian: hädavajalik Farsi flag Farsi: ضروری Finnish flag Finnish: elintärkeä
French flag French: essentiel Hebrew flag Hebrew: חִיוּנִי Hindi flag Hindi: आवश्यक
Croatian flag Croatian: bitan, vrlo važan Hungarian flag Hungarian: lényeges Indonesian flag Indonesian: penting
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nauðsynlegur Italian flag Italian: essenziale Japanese flag Japanese: 絶対必要な
Korean flag Korean: 절대 필요한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: būtinas Latvian flag Latvian: būtisks; nepieciešams
Malay flag Malay: penting Dutch flag Dutch: volstrekt noodzakelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: absolutt nødvendig, livsv
Polish flag Polish: konieczny Persian flag Persian: ضروری Pashto flag Pashto: ضرورى، اصلى، اساسى،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: essencial Romanian flag Romanian: necesar, esenţial Russian flag Russian: необходимый
Slovak flag Slovak: nevyhnutný Slovenian flag Slovenian: bistven Serbian flag Serbian: neophodan
Swedish flag Swedish: nödvändig, oumbärlig Thai flag Thai: จำเป็น Turkish flag Turkish: gerekli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 必要的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: істотний; невід'ємний Urdu flag Urdu: نہایت ضروری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thiết yếu Chinese flag Chinese: 根本的,基本的

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