Definition of Essential

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necessary, needed, fundamental, impossible to live without
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Essential Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
JM Latin-English Dictionary
N
essential qualities (pl.)
English-Latin Online Dictionary
necessarius
Essential Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(a.)
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.
  
(a.)
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
  
(a.)
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.
  
(a.)
Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
  
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
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
WordNet 2.0

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
Abbreviation Airbus A340
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Essential Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
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
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Essential Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
As in essential hypertension. A hallowed term meaning "We don't know the cause." Synonymous with idiopathic.
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Can not be manufactured by the body