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meaning - Quintessential vs essential? - English …
Mar 27, 2013 · While quintessential means 'representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class' [OED], it defines essential as 'absolutely …
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Where does the "quint" in "quintessential" come from?
Dec 19, 2016 · Quintessential derives from quintessence (from Latin quinta essentia), which was considered thought to fill the Universe beyond Earth. In modern physics, quintessence is a …
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Questions tagged [ambiguity] - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jul 4, 2012 · Quintessential vs essential? While quintessential means 'representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class' [OED], it defines essential as 'absolutely …
Is there a better term to use in place of "gold standard"
Jul 29, 2020 · Perhaps the word you are looking for is one of the following: "quintessential," "benchmark," or "standard." "Quintessential" (adjective) is defined as: Representing the most …
redundancy - Is "quintessential example" correct usage? - English ...
Since quintessential means "representing the perfect example of a class" is it correct to use "the quintessential example" as in this sentence: "Electrons are the quintessential example of …
prefixes - A word that means 'most important'? - English …
Apr 4, 2014 · The choice essential is much better here than quintessential as the latter, here unnecessarily, communicates the idea "typical" alongside "important". –
it's important that he... -- it's important for him to
1) It's important/vital/essential that + subject + (should +) verb. It's vital that you (should) do exactly as I say. It's important that they (should) attend every day. It's essential that everyone …
Word meaning both useful and essential - English Language
Nov 6, 2014 · Essential connotes properties which make up a thing which are defining. Indispensable connotes properties which are required to fulfill a particular function. I think the …
grammar - essential vs. nonessential phrases - English Language …
Apr 7, 2017 · Are the words which precede it (namely, the poem) essential to its meaning? The answer is yes, because Frost wrote many, many poems, but only one of his poems is most …
"Quintessential Example" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 20, 2018 · quintessential TFD adj. most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect. It appears to be correct in grammatical use. Whether is is true is a matter of opinion.
Word designating something as being representative of a whole
Dec 18, 2013 · This is a cool word but imo quintessential is the most overrused/trite word in pop culture at the moment –
Does English have half-graded antonyms?
If essential were really an absolute, we wouldn't need words like quintessential (which itself has comparative forms). Also note that even though -less generally means “no,” plenty of words …
Usage of adverbs like reasonably, practically, essentially ...
Dec 27, 2014 · Essentially should mean in essence or in an essential manner. But it is also often used to mean almost or mostly: e.g. "I am essentially done with my courses this semester"; …
Difference between saying basically and essentially?
Dec 31, 2017 · "Essentially," in the Merriam-Webster entry for "essential" (sense 1), means "of, relating to, or constituting essence; inherent." I rephrase that as "in the most necessary form …
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This could be a good answer, but would need dictionary corroboration (a linked and attributed quote), including an example sentence if possible. The base sense applies to being an …
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Aug 27, 2019 · "Largest snake to ever live discovered in an Indian mine." VS "Largest snake to have ever lived ....."?
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