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    es·sen·tial
    [əˈsen(t)SH(ə)l]
    adjective
    essential (adjective)
    1. absolutely necessary; extremely important:
      "it is essential to keep up-to-date records" · "fiber is an essential ingredient"
      • fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone:
        "the essential weakness of the plaintiff's case"
      • (of an amino acid or fatty acid) required for normal growth but not synthesized in the body and therefore necessary in the diet.
    2. medicine
      (of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic:
      "essential hypertension"
    noun
    (essentials)
    essential (noun) · essentials (plural noun)
    1. a thing that is absolutely necessary:
      "we had only the bare essentials in the way of gear"
      • (essentials)
        the fundamental elements or characteristics of something:
        "he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent's argument"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘in the highest degree’): from late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia (see essence).
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    adjective
    1. absolutely necessary; extremely important:
      crucial
      necessary
      key
      vital
      indispensable
      needed
      required
      called for
      requisite
      important
      all-important
      of the essence
      critical
      life-and-death
      imperative
      mandatory
      compulsory
      obligatory
      compelling
      urgent
      pressing
      burning
      acute
      paramount
      preeminent
      high-priority
      significant
      consequential
      vitally important
      of the utmost importance
      of great consequence
      Opposite:
      inessential
      unimportant
      optional
    noun
    1. a thing that is absolutely necessary:
      necessity
      prerequisite
      requisite
      requirement
      need
      condition
      precondition
      specification
      stipulation
      qualification
      desideratum
      sine qua non
      must
      necessary/essential item
      Opposite:
      inessential
     
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    What does essential mean?
    essential, fundamental, vital, cardinal mean so important as to be indispensable. essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character.

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    What is the difference between essential and essential?
    Thesaurus These words all describe someone or something that is extremely important and completely necessary because a particular situation or activity depends on them. These words have the same meaning but there can be a slight difference in tone. Essential is used to state a fact or an opinion with authority.

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    What is a synonym for essential?
    Some common synonyms of essential are cardinal, fundamental, and vital. While all these words mean "so important as to be indispensable," essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character. When could cardinal be used to replace essential?

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    What is the difference between essential and essential aspects?
    1. Something that is essential is extremely important or absolutely necessary to a particular subject, situation, or activity. [...] 2. The essentials are the things that are absolutely necessary for the situation you are in or for the task you are doing. [...] 3. The essential aspects of something are its most basic or important aspects. [...]

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    What is the difference between vital and essential?
    Essential is used to state a fact or an opinion with authority. Vital is often used when there is some anxiety felt about something, or a need to persuade someone that a fact or an opinion is true, right, or important. is less often used in negative statements: It was vital to show that he was not afraid. Money is not vital to happiness.

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    What is the difference between essential and fundamental?
    essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character. fundamental applies to something that is a foundation without which an entire system or complex whole would collapse.

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