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Essential   /ɪsˈɛnʃəl/  /isˈɛnʃəl/  /əsˈɛntʃəl/  /isˈɛntʃəl/   Listen
Essential

adjective
1.
Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary.  Synonym: indispensable.  "Funds essential to the completion of the project" , "An indispensable worker"
2.
Basic and fundamental.  Antonym: inessential.
3.
Of the greatest importance.  Synonyms: all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence.  "Crucial information" , "In chess cool nerves are of the essence"
4.
Being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc.
5.
Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.  Synonym: substantive.  Antonym: adjective.
noun
1.
Anything indispensable.  Synonyms: necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite.  "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"  Antonym: inessential.



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"Essential" Quotes from Famous Books



... certain disturbances caused by the I. W. W., but from such movements the American Federation of Labor held itself aloof. Occasional strikes, on account of special conditions, were easily settled. The governmental assumption of control over railroads and other essential industries had much to do with the peaceful attitude of the workmen. The very high wages which were offered to the workmen at munitions works, ship-building plants and other governmental enterprises enabled ...
— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish
... Sea Power one of contest between nations, therefore largely military 1 Permanence of the teachings of history 2 Unsettled condition of modern naval opinion 2 Contrasts between historical classes of war-ships 2 Essential distinction between weather and lee gage 5 Analogous to other offensive and defensive positions 6 Consequent effect upon naval policy 6 Lessons of history apply especially to strategy 7 Less obviously to tactics, but ...
— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan
... has been ever since. That further notice has never been given. And yet nobody seems to feel as if an essential part of their life had ceased to be, so to speak. Curious. Bradshaw, after a short explanation, was allowed to go away without a stain—that is to say, without any additional stain—on his character. We left the authorities discussing ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse
... degradation made him ready to endure all things if only he could pierce the black cloud overshading them. His first effort resulted in a school, called the African School, for training young colored men to teach and preach to their own race. He then lent essential aid in the formation of the ...
— A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - [Samuel John Mills] • Elisabeth G. Stryker
... two, Herminia was perfectly frank, with the perfect frankness of one who thinks and does nothing to be ashamed of. She had always been self-supporting, she said, and she would be self-supporting still. To her mind, that was an essential step towards the emancipation of women. Their friendship implied for her no change of existence, merely an addition to the fulness of her living. He was the complement of her being. Every woman should naturally wish to live her whole life, to fulfil her whole ...
— The Woman Who Did • Grant Allen


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