essential

essential
adj.
VERBS
appear, be, seem
become

It is becoming almost essential for students to have a second language.

remain
make sth

Increased competition makes it essential for the business to innovate.

consider sth, deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth

Do you consider these textbooks essential for the course?

ADVERB
really, truly, very (AmE)
absolutely
almost, virtually
fairly
clearly

A printer is clearly essential to such a task.

equally

Diet is crucial; exercise is equally essential.

by no means

Although useful, the accessories are by no means essential.

PREPOSITION
for

the skills essential for success

to

He believed that some form of religion was essential to human life.

Essential is used with these nouns: ↑accessory, ↑accompaniment, ↑aid, ↑aspect, ↑attribute, ↑character, ↑characteristic, ↑component, ↑concept, ↑core, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑dilemma, ↑dimension, ↑distinction, ↑element, ↑equipment, ↑facility, ↑feature, ↑function, ↑guide, ↑ingredient, ↑item, ↑link, ↑maintenance, ↑mineral, ↑nature, ↑need, ↑oil, ↑part, ↑preliminary, ↑prelude, ↑prerequisite, ↑principle, ↑property, ↑protein, ↑quality, ↑reading, ↑reference, ↑repair, ↑requirement, ↑role, ↑service, ↑skill, ↑spirit, ↑step, ↑task, ↑thing, ↑tool, ↑training, ↑truth, ↑unity, ↑vitamin, ↑vocabulary

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  • Essential — Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), n. 1. Existence; being. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials of religion. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Essentiāl — (essentiell, lat.), wesentlich, unumgänglich notwendig. Essentialia (Essentialien), wesentliche Dinge, wesentliche Bestandteile; essentialia negotii, in der Rechtssprache die wesentlichen Bestandteile eines Rechtsgeschäfts, die vorhanden sein… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • essential — essential, ale, aux [esɑ̃sjal, o] adj. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; de essence, d après le lat. essentialis, refait pour éviter l ambiguïté d essentiel « de l essence », « très important ». ❖ ♦ Philos. De l essence. ❖ CONTR. Accidentel, existentiel …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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