Essential
adjective
Very important and necessary.
Water is essential for life.
Often appears as...
- essential services
- essential goods
noun
Something basic that you cannot do without.
Fruits and vegetables are essentials in a healthy diet.
Often appears as...
- bare essentials
- daily essentials
adjective
Relating to something's innate or primary qualities.
The essential differences between capitalism and socialism
Often appears as...
- essential characteristics
- essential differences
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Academic
adjective
Used for describing oils that have a strong smell and are produced by plants or flowers.
Lavender essential oil is very soothing.
Often appears as...
- essential oils
- aromatic essential
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Technical
adjective
Very important and necessary.
Water is essential for life.
Often appears as...
- essential services
- essential goods
noun
Something basic that you cannot do without.
Fruits and vegetables are essentials in a healthy diet.
Often appears as...
- bare essentials
- daily essentials
adjective
Relating to something's innate or primary qualities.
The essential differences between capitalism and socialism
Often appears as...
- essential characteristics
- essential differences
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Used for describing oils that have a strong smell and are produced by plants or flowers.
Lavender essential oil is very soothing.
Often appears as...
- essential oils
- aromatic essential
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Physical Needs
Used to express crucial non-tangible requirements, like skills or qualities.
Patience is essential in teaching.
Pro Tip 2/3Exaggeration Caution
Be cautious of its overuse as it can sometimes exaggerate importance.
A good internet connection is essential for online gaming.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Needs
Often used to stress the urgency or immediate importance of something.
Finding shelter is essential in a storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Physical Needs
Used to express crucial non-tangible requirements, like skills or qualities.
Patience is essential in teaching.
Pro Tip 2/3Exaggeration Caution
Be cautious of its overuse as it can sometimes exaggerate importance.
A good internet connection is essential for online gaming.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Needs
Often used to stress the urgency or immediate importance of something.
Finding shelter is essential in a storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Physical Needs
Used to express crucial non-tangible requirements, like skills or qualities.
Patience is essential in teaching.
Pro Tip 2/3Exaggeration Caution
Be cautious of its overuse as it can sometimes exaggerate importance.
A good internet connection is essential for online gaming.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Needs
Often used to stress the urgency or immediate importance of something.
Finding shelter is essential in a storm.
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What is the Heisenberg...
most importantly, its wavelength, which is the distance between two neighboring peaks, or two neighboring valleys. But we can't assign it a single position. It has a good probability of being in lots of different places. Wavelength is essential for quantum physics because an object's wavelength is related to its momentum,
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The surprising reason...
The rise in temperature can slow bacteria and help your immune system destroy pathogens. Sleep lets your body channel more energy towards fighting infection. When you stop eating, your liver can take up much of the iron in your blood, and since iron is essential for bacterial survival, that effectively starves them.
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How to read music - Tim...
probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
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A different way to...
We usually think of rhythm as an element of music, but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats, rhythm is essentially an event repeating regularly over time. Even the ticking of a clock itself is a sort of rhythm. But for musical rhythm,
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Flat Earth vs. Round...
for me where I think it gets really dangerous because we're going back into the dark ages all right you're essentially perpetuating ignorance by denying science you know there's a real-life implication in all of this science has had its chance and they aren't putting up a defense I think that
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The complex geometry of...
One with eight petals is part of the fourfold category, and so on. There's another secret ingredient in these an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate,
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How smart are...
Orphans can be confiscated and given a second chance. At special forest schools, they recover from emotional trauma and continue to develop essential life skills. Against all odds, these orphans demonstrate incredible resilience and readiness to learn.
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Rethinking infidelity...
but the other is the essential, important act of expressing guilt and remorse for hurting his wife. But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner,
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Giving checkmate is...
good decision-making are essential skills but until my new dream becomes reality I like to inspire people especially youngsters to dream big make good moves in life set your goals high and rigidly impossible thank you
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Baby Twin Pandas PIPE Panda...
It is essential the swap happens quickly before foster mum notices baby is missing. A bamboo distraction can only last so long.
Video examples
What is the Heisenberg...
most importantly, its wavelength, which is the distance between two neighboring peaks, or two neighboring valleys. But we can't assign it a single position. It has a good probability of being in lots of different places. Wavelength is essential for quantum physics because an object's wavelength is related to its momentum,
Video examples
The surprising reason...
The rise in temperature can slow bacteria and help your immune system destroy pathogens. Sleep lets your body channel more energy towards fighting infection. When you stop eating, your liver can take up much of the iron in your blood, and since iron is essential for bacterial survival, that effectively starves them.
Video examples
How to read music - Tim...
probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
Video examples
A different way to...
We usually think of rhythm as an element of music, but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats, rhythm is essentially an event repeating regularly over time. Even the ticking of a clock itself is a sort of rhythm. But for musical rhythm,
Video examples
Flat Earth vs. Round...
for me where I think it gets really dangerous because we're going back into the dark ages all right you're essentially perpetuating ignorance by denying science you know there's a real-life implication in all of this science has had its chance and they aren't putting up a defense I think that
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
One with eight petals is part of the fourfold category, and so on. There's another secret ingredient in these an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate,
Video examples
How smart are...
Orphans can be confiscated and given a second chance. At special forest schools, they recover from emotional trauma and continue to develop essential life skills. Against all odds, these orphans demonstrate incredible resilience and readiness to learn.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
but the other is the essential, important act of expressing guilt and remorse for hurting his wife. But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner,
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
good decision-making are essential skills but until my new dream becomes reality I like to inspire people especially youngsters to dream big make good moves in life set your goals high and rigidly impossible thank you
Video examples
Baby Twin Pandas PIPE Panda...
It is essential the swap happens quickly before foster mum notices baby is missing. A bamboo distraction can only last so long.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next source of energy. The universe has an unlimited source of energy.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Life is very difficult. One of the most ancient of religious ideas that emerges everywhere, I would say, is that life is essentially suffering.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
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Alec Guinness
English Actor
Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
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Freida Pinto
Indian Actress
I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Music is essentially useless, as is life.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next source of energy. The universe has an unlimited source of energy.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Life is very difficult. One of the most ancient of religious ideas that emerges everywhere, I would say, is that life is essentially suffering.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
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Alec Guinness
English Actor
Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
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Freida Pinto
Indian Actress
I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Music is essentially useless, as is life.
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