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English to English adjective
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basic and fundamental |  | Example: the essential feature
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being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc | | Example: essential oil
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defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established | | Example: substantive law
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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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absolutely necessary; vitally necessary | | Example: essential tools and materials
funds essential to the completion of the project
an indispensable worker
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of the greatest importance | | Example: the all-important subject of disarmament
crucial information
in chess cool nerves are of the essence
source: wordnet30 noun
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anything indispensable | | Example: food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
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Existence; being. | | source: webster1913
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