Definition of essentials Essentials

/ɛsɛˈnʧʌlz/ - [esenchulz] -

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What does essentials mean?

Wiktionary

essentials (Noun)
Plural of essential.

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essentials, noun, plural of essential.

WordNet

Adjective
essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
		unessential, inessential not basic or fundamental
		crucial, important of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
		of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
		indispensable unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
		intrinsical, intrinsic situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
		necessary unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"
		primary not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
		unexpendable not suitable to be expended
		essentiality, essentialness basic importance
		basal, primary of primary importance
		biogenic essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"
		constituent, constitutive, constitutional, organic constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
		must highly recommended; "a book that is must reading"
		no-frills characterized by the absence of inessential features; "he got a no-frills introduction to the job"
		staple necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"
		substantive, substantial defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
		virtual existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"
essential - absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
		indispensable
		necessary unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"
essential - being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"
essential - of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
		all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence
		of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
essential - defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
		substantive
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Wiktionary

essential (Noun)
A necessary ingredient.
essential (Noun)
A fundamental ingredient.
essential (Adjective)
Necessary.
essential (Adjective)
Very important; of high importance.
essential (Adjective)
Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
essential (Adjective)
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.
essential (Adjective)
Idiopathic.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

essential (a.)
Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
essential (a.)
Hence, really existing; existent.
essential (a.)
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
essential (a.)
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
essential (a.)
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.
essential (a.)
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.