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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Essential \Es*sen"tial\ ([e^]s*s[e^]n"sjal), a. [Cf. F.
     essentiel. See Essence.]
     1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object,
        or class of objects, what it is.
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              Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was
              forever in it an essential character of
              plaintiveness.                        --Hawthorne.
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     2. Hence, really existing; existent.
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              Is it true, that thou art but a name,
              And no essential thing?               --Webster
                                                    (1623).
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     3. Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the
        attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
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              Judgment's more essential to a general
              Than courage.                         --Denham.
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              How to live? -- that is the essential question for
              us.                                   --H. Spencer.
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     4. Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a
        substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence,
        unmixed; as, an essential oil. ``Mine own essential
        horror.'' --Ford.
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     5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones
        which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental
        or passing tones.
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     6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
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     Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics
        which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from
        another.
  
     Essential disease, Essential fever (Med.), one that is
        not dependent on another.
  
     Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted
        from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its
        characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used
        in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties
        of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter
        almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal
        salt, etc.; -- called also volatile oils in distinction
        from the fixed or nonvolatile.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Essential \Es*sen"tial\ ([e^]s*s[e^]n"sjal), n.
     1. Existence; being. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     2. That which is essential; first or constituent principle;
        as, the essentials of religion.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Essential \Es*sen"tial\, a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]
     1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object,
        or class of objects, what it is.
  
              Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was
              forever in it an essential character of
              plaintiveness.                        --Hawthorne.
  
     2. Hence, really existing; existent.
  
              Is it true, that thou art but a a name, And no
              essential thing?                      --Webster
                                                    (1623).
  
     3. Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the
        attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
  
              Judgment's more essential to a general Than courage.
                                                    --Denham.
  
              How to live? -- that is the essential question for
              us.                                   --H. Spencer.
  
     4. Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a
        substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence,
        unmixed; as, an essential oil. ``Mine own essential
        horror.'' --Ford.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  essential
       adj 1: absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools
              and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of
              the project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: indispensable]
       2: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" [ant: inessential]
       3: of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of
          disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves
          are of the essence" [syn: all-important(a), all
          important(p), crucial, of the essence(p)]
       4: being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant
          etc; "essential oil"
       5: applying to essential legal principles and rules of right;
          "substantive law" [syn: substantive] [ant: adjective]
       6: absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed
       n : anything indispensable; "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" [syn: necessity, requirement, requisite,
            necessary] [ant: inessential]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     Αγγλικά a.
     ουσιώδης, βασικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     a.
     1 necessary.
     2 Very important; of high importance.
     3 (lb en biology) necessary for survival but not synthesized by the
  organism, thus needing to be ingested.
     4 Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
     5 Really existing; existent.
     6 (lb en geometry) Such that each complementary region is
  irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible
  by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a
  sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
     7 (lb en medicine) idiopathic.
     8 Having the nature of essence; not physical.
     n.
     1 A necessary ingredient.
     2 A fundamental ingredient.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     a.
     1 necessary.
     2 Very important; of high importance.
     3 (lb en biology) necessary for survival but not synthesized by the
  organism, thus needing to be ingested.
     4 Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
     5 Really existing; existent.
     6 (lb en geometry) Such that each complementary region is
  irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible
  by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a
  sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
     7 (lb en medicine) idiopathic.
     8 Having the nature of essence; not physical.
     n.
     1 A necessary ingredient.
     2 A fundamental ingredient.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     a.
     1 necessary.
     2 Very important; of high importance.
     3 (lb en biology) necessary for survival but not synthesized by the
  organism, thus needing to be ingested.
     4 Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
     5 Really existing; existent.
     6 (lb en geometry) Such that each complementary region is
  irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible
  by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a
  sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
     7 (lb en medicine) idiopathic.
     8 Having the nature of essence; not physical.
     n.
     1 A necessary ingredient.
     2 A fundamental ingredient.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     a.
     1 necessary.
     2 Very important; of high importance.
     3 (lb en biology) necessary for survival but not synthesized by the
  organism, thus needing to be ingested.
     4 Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
     5 Really existing; existent.
     6 (lb en geometry) Such that each complementary region is
  irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible
  by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a
  sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
     7 (lb en medicine) idiopathic.
     8 Having the nature of essence; not physical.
     n.
     1 A necessary ingredient.
     2 A fundamental ingredient.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     Englanti a.
     1 pääasiallinen
     2 välttämätön, oleellinen, olennainen, keskeinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  essential
     Engelska a.
     väsentlig, essentiell

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Essential /ɪsˈɛnʃəl/
  ضروري

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  essential //ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl// /[əˈsɛn.tʃəl]/ 
  1. осно́вен
  in basic form
  2. необходи́м
  necessary
  3. ва́жен, съще́ствен
  of high importance