Definitions for essential
əˈsɛn ʃəles·sen·tial

Princeton's WordNet(3.45 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary(adj)

   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. essential, indispensable(adj)

   absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

   "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

3. essential(adj)

   basic and fundamental

   "the essential feature"

4. all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)(adj)

   of the greatest importance

   "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

5. essential(adj)

   being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc

   "essential oil"

6. substantive, essential(adj)

   defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

   "substantive law"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. essential(Noun)

   A necessary ingredient.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

2. essential(Noun)

   A fundamental ingredient.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

3. essential(Adjective)

   Idiopathic.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

4. essential(Adjective)

   Necessary.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

5. essential(Adjective)

   Very important; of high importance.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

6. essential(Adjective)

   Being in the basic form; showing its essence.

   Don't mind him being grumpy. That's the essential Fred.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

7. essential(Adjective)

   Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.

   Etymology: From essentialis, from essentia.

Webster Dictionary(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Essential(adj)

   belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

2. Essential(adj)

   hence, really existing; existent

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

3. Essential(adj)

   important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

4. Essential(adj)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

5. Essential(adj)

   necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

6. Essential(adj)

   idiopathic; independent of other diseases

   Etymology: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Essential

   Essential is a 1991 collection of hits by The Divinyls.

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. essential

   A fundamental form.

   The fundamental form of the system was created first and then the others mapped their systems into the whole.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

2. Essential

   A natural form.

   Wind is an essential form of the weather necessary to dry land, distribute seeds etc.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essential' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1147

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essential' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2350

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essential' in Adjectives Frequency: #142

How to pronounce essential?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of essential in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of essential in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of essential in a Sentence

1. Lucas Paganini:

   Essential chemical elements and sources of energy, two of [ the ] three requirements for life, are found all over the solar system. But the third — liquid water — is somewhat hard to find beyond Earth, while scientists have not yet detected liquid water directly, we've found the next best thing : water in vapor form.

2. Stephen Spencer:

   While we believe there is the opportunity to reach an agreement by September 1st, it is essential that both sides be willing to compromise, treat each other fairly and negotiate in good faith.

3. Muhammad Pate:

   Because we know that the cost of essential drugs is a key driver of catastrophic out-of-pocket costs.

4. Paul Sadler:

   Why Paul God already had called twelve apostles of the kingdom Although Judas had fallen in transgression, the seat of his apostolic office was filled by Matthias preceding the day of Pentecost. Insofar as Paul was unconverted at the time, he could not have possibly fulfilled the qualificatios set down by the Holy Spirit to be numbered with the twelve (Acts 121-26). Of course, there are many dispensationalists who would agree with this interpretation, but teach that God ordained Paul to be the thirteenth apostle of the kingdom. Perhaps you have heard the saying, 'They jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.' In other words, we have gone from bad to worse, which is certainly the case with this view. the number twelve is stamped throughout the pages of prophecy, thus eliminating the possibility of a thirteenth apostolic office (Matt. 1928 cf. Rev. 12-21). What logical explanation then can we give for Paul's apostleship Before the foundation of the world, God foreordained that He would raise up a new apostle to reveal His eternal purpose for the parenthetical age of Grace in which we now live. Hence, Paul says 'But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen Gentiles...' (Gal. 115.16). When God temporarily rolled up the building plans of prophecy and placed them aside, He made known a secret set of plans. With this program came a completely new set of blueprints. According to the counsel of His will, He had predetermined to call Paul as the masterbuilder of the project. So then, the instructions for our building program are found in Paul's epistles. Little wonder the apostles says 'I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.' (1 Cor. 310). It is essential to use Pauline constructio materials (grace doctrines), simply because someday soon the Building Inspector will examine our workmanship to determine if we followed His codes.

5. Rajiv Shah:

   If you're a teacher, if you're a health care worker, if you're an essential worker in a sanitation division in a city that critically depends on your efforts, you're out there doing your job and asked to do your job without the benefit of support for testing, that's not fair and that's not right.

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