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essential definition
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Grep of noun essential essential essential amino acid essential condition essential hypertension essential oil essential thrombocytopenia essential tremor essentiality essentialness inessential nonessential Overview of noun essential The noun essential has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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") Overview of adj essential The adj essential has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (17) essential, indispensable -- (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker") 2. (15) essential -- (basic and fundamental; "the essential feature") 3. (8) all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence -- (of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence") 4. essential -- (being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc "essential oil") 5. substantive, essential -- ((law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right "substantive law") 6. essential -- (absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed) Antonyms of adj essential 5 of 6 senses of essential Sense 1 essential, indispensable INDIRECT (VIA necessary) -> unnecessary, unneeded Sense 2 essential (vs. inessential) inessential (vs. essential), unessential => complemental, complementary, completing => incidental, nonessential Sense 3 all-important(postnominal), all important(prenominal), crucial, essential, of the essence(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Sense 5 substantive (vs. adjective), essential Sense 6 essential INDIRECT (VIA unexpendable) -> expendable Similarity of adj essential 6 senses of essential Sense 1 essential, indispensable => necessary (vs. unnecessary) Sense 2 essential (vs. inessential) => basal, basic, primary => biogenic => constituent(postnominal), constitutional, constitutive(postnominal), organic => must(postnominal) => no-frills(postnominal) => staple => substantial, substantive, in essence => virtual(postnominal) => vital, life-sustaining Also See-> crucial#1, important#3; important#1, of import#1; indispensable#1; intrinsic#1, intrinsical#1; necessary#1; primary#1; unexpendable#1 Sense 3 all-important(postnominal), all important(prenominal), crucial, essential, of the essence(prenominal) => important (vs. unimportant), of import Sense 4 essential Pertains to noun essence (Sense 2) =>essence => substance, matter Sense 5 substantive (vs. adjective), essential Sense 6 essential => unexpendable (vs. expendable) Attributes of adj essential 1 of 6 senses of essential Sense 2 essential (vs. inessential) => essentiality, essentialness Familiarity of adj essential essential used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj essential essential inessential nonessential quintessential unessential Overview of noun essential The noun essential has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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") Overview of adj essential The adj essential has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (17) essential, indispensable -- (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker") 2. (15) essential -- (basic and fundamental; "the essential feature") 3. (8) all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence -- (of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence") 4. essential -- (being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc "essential oil") 5. substantive, essential -- ((law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right "substantive law") 6. essential -- (absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed)
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