essential

essential
adj.
VERBS
▪ appear, be, seem
▪ become
▪

It is becoming almost essential for students to have a second language.

▪ remain
▪ make sth
▪

Increased competition makes it essential for the business to innovate.

▪ consider sth, deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth
▪

Do you consider these textbooks essential for the course?

ADVERB
▪ really, truly, very (AmE)
▪ absolutely
▪ almost, virtually
▪ fairly
▪ clearly
▪

A printer is clearly essential to such a task.

▪ equally
▪

Diet is crucial; exercise is equally essential.

▪ by no means
▪

Although useful, the accessories are by no means essential.

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

the skills essential for success

▪ to
▪

He believed that some form of religion was essential to human life.

Essential is used with these nouns: ↑accessory, ↑accompaniment, ↑aid, ↑aspect, ↑attribute, ↑character, ↑characteristic, ↑component, ↑concept, ↑core, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑dilemma, ↑dimension, ↑distinction, ↑element, ↑equipment, ↑facility, ↑feature, ↑function, ↑guide, ↑ingredient, ↑item, ↑link, ↑maintenance, ↑mineral, ↑nature, ↑need, ↑oil, ↑part, ↑preliminary, ↑prelude, ↑prerequisite, ↑principle, ↑property, ↑protein, ↑quality, ↑reading, ↑reference, ↑repair, ↑requirement, ↑role, ↑service, ↑skill, ↑spirit, ↑step, ↑task, ↑thing, ↑tool, ↑training, ↑truth, ↑unity, ↑vitamin, ↑vocabulary

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  • essential — Ⅰ. essential UK US /ɪˈsenʃəl/ adjective ► very important or necessary: »Computer literacy is becoming as essential as the ability to drive a car. an essential component/part of sth »Selective expansion of our store base is an essential component… …   Financial and business terms

  • Essential — Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See {Essence}.] 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. [1913 Webster] Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • essential — I (inherent) adjective basal, basic, basilar, basilary, elemental, fundamental, immanent, implicit, integral, intrinsic, intrinsical, main, primary II (required) adjective basic, binding, called for, chief, compulsory, critical, crucial, demanded …   Law dictionary

  • essential — adj 1 inherent, intrinsic, constitutional, ingrained Analogous words: *innate, inborn, inbred, congenital: inner, inward: elemental (see ELEMENTARY): *characteristic, individual, peculiar, distinctive Antonyms: accidental Contrasted words:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • essential — [ə sen′shəl, isen′shəl] adj. [ME essencial < LL essentialis: see ESSENCE] 1. of or constituting the intrinsic, fundamental nature of something; basic; inherent [an essential difference] 2. absolute; complete; perfect 3. absolutely necessary;… …   English World dictionary

  • Essential — Grandes éxitos de Jethro Tull Publicación 24 de marzo de 2003 (UK) 31 de marzo de 2003 (EE. UU.) Género(s) Rock progresivo Duración 43:41 …   Wikipedia Español

  • essential — [adj1] important, vital capital, cardinal, chief, constitutive, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, righthand, wanted;… …   New thesaurus

  • Essential — Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), n. 1. Existence; being. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials of religion. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Essentiāl — (essentiell, lat.), wesentlich, unumgänglich notwendig. Essentialia (Essentialien), wesentliche Dinge, wesentliche Bestandteile; essentialia negotii, in der Rechtssprache die wesentlichen Bestandteile eines Rechtsgeschäfts, die vorhanden sein… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • essential — essential, ale, aux [esɑ̃sjal, o] adj. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; de essence, d après le lat. essentialis, refait pour éviter l ambiguïté d essentiel « de l essence », « très important ». ❖ ♦ Philos. De l essence. ❖ CONTR. Accidentel, existentiel …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • essential... — essential...,   Schreibvariante für essenzial …   Universal-Lexikon

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