ingredient
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2.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/
:
componente
- And these are essential ingredients of any healthy relationship.
- ingredients for success
- an essential ingredient
- a key ingredient
Yes, and that extra ingredient is a lack of empathy.
- Yes, and that extra ingredient is a lack of empathy.
- And those planets now have the ingredients for life itself.
- Well, I think there are a lot of ingredients going into it.
- And these are essential ingredients of any healthy relationship.
- So you're taking away an ingredient in that relationship.
- It has a few ingredients that make me?
- So these were great ingredients, great work.
- It's a powerhouse of an ingredients, it is just.
Examples
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Motivation and confidence are considered to be essential ingredients in the recipe for successful sports performance.
Academic text (1992) -
However, I think that the main lesson that we've learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage.
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Question is, could this coffee be the missing ingredient...
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I think in the end, the same ingredients are there.
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Well, I think there are a lot of ingredients going into it.
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But, I'm gonna share with you the secret ingredient that makes all the difference.
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Both factors are key ingredients in the quality of coffee and its ultimate market price.
Academic text (1999) -
People disagree about the ingredients of the best kind of life.
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The work of legal reform is a necessary, though not sufficient, ingredient in the larger project of cultural transformation.
Academic text (2008) -
The main ingredient for this recipe is fresh basil, which adds a wonderful flavor.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
∞
2.1
A thing that helps cause a result
∞
3.0
A part of something that you can separate and that helps it work
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3.4
A part of something larger, like a machine or system
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5.6
A part of something that is needed for the whole to work
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3.5
A single piece that makes up a larger object
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4.7
A smaller part of a larger machine or system
Compounds
- Specialized
An ingredient that clogs skin pores and can cause acne or blackheads
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ingredient comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and gradior 'to step', the same root you see in graduate. So an ingredient can mean any part that 'enters into' a whole, like an important part of success or a plan.