necessary, needed, fundamental, impossible to live without
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Essential Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
N
essential qualities (pl.)
essential qualities (pl.)
necessarius
Essential Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.
(a.)
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
(a.)
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
(a.)
Hence, really existing; existent.
Hence, really existing; existent.
(a.)
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
(a.)
Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBelonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
essential oils
essential salt
essential fever
essential disease
essential character
En = n. a living principle; a being; a spirit, a. essential
Enain = a. essential, pure
Hanfodol = a. existent; essential
Llud = n. pure ore, wealth = a. close, compact, essential
Myr = a. essential; pure; holy, n. the sea; emmets
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary
(antonym) inessential, nonessential
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) desideratum
Adjective
1. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
(synonym) indispensable
(similar) necessary
2. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
(antonym) inessential, unessential
(similar) basal, basic, primary
(see-also) crucial, important
(attribute) essentiality, essentialness
3. of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
(synonym) all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, of the essence(p)
(similar) important, of import
4. being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"
(pertainym) essence
5. applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
(synonym) substantive
(classification) law, jurisprudence
6. absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed
(similar) unexpendable
Essential Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Essential Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Essential or essentials may refer to:
- General usage
- Essentialism, the philosophical view that an entity must have certain characteristics in order to belong to a certain defined group
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Essential Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
bolaya-, bolayatik
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Essential Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
As in essential hypertension. A hallowed term meaning "We don't know the cause." Synonymous with idiopathic.
