key ingredient
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- noun
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ingrediente clave
- Flour is the key ingredient that gives bread its structure and rise.
- One of the key ingredients
- key ingredient in the successful
- several key ingredients
It's missing a key ingredient like flour.
- It's missing a key ingredient like flour.
- All of that said, a key ingredient to why therapy works is compassion.
- But failure is a, is a key ingredient in any success.
- OK, what is the key ingredient besides avocados?
- And so one day we will find the key ingredients that make aging possible.
- Bye Team of geologists say they figured out the key ingredient for lightning super bolts.
- We're missing one of these key ingredients and that is the subject of this book, Choose.
- Ammonia nitrate is the key ingredient in explosives and it also gives that that the plant the nice boost of nitrogen, which makes it grow very fast.
- And one thing, one key ingredient to our pets happiness is chewy.
- There is one key ingredient that Facebook has that makes it such a powerful platform form to conquer the share button.
Examples
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The key ingredient to a successful Hawaiian honeymoon is romantic music.
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And you are a key ingredient in my recipe for success.
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But failure is a, is a key ingredient in any success.
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We're missing one of these key ingredients and that is the subject of this book, Choose.
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These are all the key ingredients of AI.
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What are the five key ingredients to falling in love?
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Both factors are key ingredients in the quality of coffee and its ultimate market price.
Academic text (1999) -
We, as a people, as a nation, have always believed that education was a key ingredient of our democracy.
Academic text (1990) -
What is the key ingredient for innovation, and what is its context in Japan?
Academic text (1995) -
In turn, clients as well as workers generally view their relationships as a key ingredient of homecare quality.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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The main part or ingredient from which something is made
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The main part of an idea or talk that matters most
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The most important part of something
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A thing you need for a recipe, process, or result to work
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An important thing needed for something to work or succeed
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Used often and important in a diet
How Essential
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'key' (important, essential) + 'ingredient' (a component or element); together they straightforwardly mean the essential component. This adjective+noun collocation follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Key ingredient uses key, a small tool that opens a lock, and ingredient, a part of a recipe. Imagine one spice that seems to 'unlock' the full taste of a dish — that small part makes everything work, so key ingredient means the 'most important part' of something.