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Meaning of essential
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
essential
adj 1: absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools
and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the
project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: {essential},
{indispensable}]
2: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" [ant:
{inessential}, {unessential}]
3: of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of
disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves
are of the essence" [syn: {all-important(a)}, {all
important(p)}, {crucial}, {essential}, {of the essence(p)}]
4: being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant
etc; "essential oil"
5: defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by
which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
[syn: {substantive}, {essential}] [ant: {adjective},
{procedural}]
n 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" [syn: {necessity}, {essential}, {requirement},
{requisite}, {necessary}] [ant: {inessential},
{nonessential}]
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