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Meaning of essential

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  essential
      adj 1: absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools
             and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the
             project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: {essential},
             {indispensable}]
      2: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" [ant:
         {inessential}, {unessential}]
      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}, {essential}, {of the essence(p)}]
      4: being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant
         etc; "essential oil"
      5: defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by
         which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
         [syn: {substantive}, {essential}] [ant: {adjective},
         {procedural}]
      n 1: 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}, {essential}, {requirement},
           {requisite}, {necessary}] [ant: {inessential},
           {nonessential}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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