essential
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2.4
- noun
- /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/
:
lo esencial
- Therefore, we must reconsider what the essentials of a teacher education curriculum should be.
- the bare essentials
- learn the essentials
- only the essentials
This is like good workout essentials, real shit.
- This is like good workout essentials, real shit.
- Strip it down to the bare essentials and just get what you need.
- I was thinking about this, Ryan, how one person's essentials or another person's junk.
- Oh yes, keep your essentials safe and dry on the go.
- What are some essentials you need while being in the studio?
- We talk about essentials, non essentials and junk.
- And that's really all the essentials to a grow room in my opinion.
- And I think one of those like essentials, like what do you call them?
- They take this really good essential thing and it gets twisted.
- I feel like that to me is the like essential the sweet spot.
Examples
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Therefore, it is important to instill within our students the essentials of engineering education.
Academic text (2012) -
We're just going to get the essentials for now.
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So I will take this as an essential wardrobe item.
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For me, my next essential is my binoculars.
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Power, water and food... The same three essentials from before still apply.
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But I had no such luck as far as the essentials of the study were concerned.
Fiction book (1990) -
You will need a good shelter and a two-week supply of food and water and other living essentials.
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Food, water, and medicine are the three essentials for survival during a crisis.
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When traveling, I always pack the essentials: a passport, money, and a phone charger.
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The store provides basic essentials like soap, toothpaste, and shampoo for those in need.
Synonyms
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2.0
Something you need for a particular purpose or situation
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2.0
A thing you need to live, like food or water
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1.0
Something you need and cannot do without
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9.9
Something that must exist for something else to work
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6.8
Something needed for a particular activity or purpose
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2.1
A thing you must have
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.0
A service that people need for health, safety and daily care, like healthcare or water
- Specialized
High blood pressure that lasts a long time and has no known cause
- Specialized
A blood disorder with very few platelets, the tiny blood parts that stop bleeding, not caused by another disease
How Necessary
Surface Forms
Etymology
Essentials are the things you must have and the word comes from essence 'core' and esse 'to be'. So calling items essentials shows they are the basic, most necessary things you need.