essential condition
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3.5
- noun
:
condición esencial
- Profit is not the primary goal, but rather an essential condition for the company's continued existence.
- requires two essential conditions
- one of the essential conditions
Examples
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The presence of hardware and software is an essential condition for the development of IT, but it is not a sufficient condition.
Academic text (2003) -
Hospitality's mutual openness to others in sharing and receiving is an essential condition for a vigorous and lively academy.
Academic text (2000) -
Open communication for this reason is an essential condition for the scientific enterprise.
Academic text (1990) -
Consociationalism, however, requires two essential conditions to succeed.
Academic text (1991) -
Mutual understanding among the generations must be recognized as an essential condition to perpetuate valued aspects of cultural heritage.
Academic text (1997) -
All of our labor statutes provide for just cause, either expressly or impliedly, as an essential condition for termination of employment.
Academic text (1996) -
Oved sees the preservation of the balance between these conflicting pressures as one of the essential conditions for the survival of the commune.
Academic text (1993) -
The involvement of the World Bank and the European Community in the Carajas project was seriously criticized because an essential condition for funding—the environmental preservation of the project's area—was not being met.
Academic text (2000) -
Self-awareness is an essential condition for making inferences about the mental states of others (Decety, 2005; Decety & Sommerville, 2003; Sommerville & Decety, 2006).
Academic text (2011) -
Open communication is an essential condition for collaboration in scientific research.
Synonyms
878
3.2
A rule that must be met for an agreement or offer to be accepted
687
2.0
Something you need for a particular purpose or situation
274
2.0
A thing you need to live, like food or water
36
6.9
Something you must have or do before you can start something else
32
5.5
A condition that must be met before something else happens
6
1.0
Something you need and cannot do without
4
1.8
A necessary thing you must have or meet to be allowed to do something
4
3.0
A thing you need for a recipe, process, or result to work
3
9.9
Something that must exist for something else to work
3
6.8
Something needed for a particular activity or purpose
1
3.5
An important thing needed for something to work or succeed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a necessary requirement or prerequisite' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'essential' (completely required) with 'condition' (a clause or state that must be met), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common, making it straightforward for B1 learners.
Etymology
Essential condition gives a clear picture: imagine a locked door and a single key — the key is the essential thing and the lock shows the condition that must be true to open it. So, if the key is missing the door will not open, and the phrase means 'a necessary requirement'.