Meaning

8 senses

  1. Necessary.

    essenziell, notwendig, unverzichtbar

    необходи́мыйneobxodímyj

    необхі́днийneobxídnyj

    absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

  2. Very important; of high importance.

    I see it as essential that there should be somewhere to park.

    wesentlich, unentbehrlich, unverzichtbar

    ва́жныйvážnyj, суще́ственныйsuščéstvennyj

    важли́вийvažlývyj, істо́тнийistótnyj

    of the greatest importance

  3. Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.

    essentiell

  4. Being in the basic form; showing its essence.

    Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.

    wirklich, eigentlich, fundamental

    основно́йosnovnój, ба́зовыйbázovyj, фундамента́льныйfundamentálʹnyj

    основни́йosnovnýj

    basic and fundamental

  5. Really existing; existent.

  6. 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. Idiopathic.

    essential blepharospasm

  8. Having the nature of essence; not physical.

Examples

394 sentences

  1. It's essential for you to practice every day.

    Тобі необхідно практикуватися кожного дня. — deniko

    ruТебе необходимо практиковаться каждый день. — odexed

    deEs ist äußerst wichtig, jeden Tag zu üben. — xtofu80

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  2. It's essential that we find them.

    Нам необхідно їх знайти. — Sashka

    deEs ist absolut notwendig, dass wir sie finden. — raggione

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  3. That is essential.

    Це головне. — shanghainese

    ruЭто главное. — marafon

    deDas ist unverzichtbar. — raggione

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  4. It's essential that we do that.

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  5. It's essential that you do that.

    ruОчень важно, чтобы вы это сделали. — BW

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
necessary:
of high importance:
in basic form:
Русский
By meaning 3
necessary:
of high importance:
in basic form:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
necessary:
of high importance:
needing to be ingested:
in basic form:

Origin

From Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”).

From Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”).

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Forms

more essential, most essential
Comparativemore essential Lesson
Superlativemost essential Lesson

regular

Synonyms

94 synonyms
indispensableB2basicA2necessaryA2crucialB2bigA1centralB1criticalB1extraordinaryB1heavyA1historicB1keyA1meaningfulB1noticeableB1outstandingB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

66 antonyms
accidentalB1accessorialincidentalunnecessaryA2unneededunimportantA2baseA2contemptiblefloccinaucinihilipilificatiousfoolishB1for the birdsfutilefrivolousidleB2

Word family

26 related words
Relatedessentialnessessentialityessence
DerivedessentiallyB2bioessentialcoessentialessential clauseessential infimumessentialismessentialistessentializationessentializeessential meshessential nutrientessential oilessential propertyessential saltessential supremumessential thrombocythemiaessential tremoressential workerquasiessentialquintessentialsemiessentialsubessentialsuperessential

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
essayA2essayistB2essenceB1essentiallyB2estestablishA2establishmentB1
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