Akademik

essential

1. noun /ɪˈsɛn.tʃəl/

a) A necessary ingredient.

b) A fundamental ingredient.

See Also: essence

2. adjective /ɪˈsɛn.tʃəl/

a) Necessary.

Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.

b) Very important; of high importance.

Syn: indispensable, crucial, substantive

Ant: inessential, unessential, accidental, nonessential, unneeded, adscititious, unimportant, accessorial, unnecessary, incidental

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