essential
adjective
- 1
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
substantive law
- 2
basic and fundamental
the essential feature
- 3
of the greatest importance
the all-important subject of disarmament
crucial information
- 4
absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential tools and materials
funds essential to the completion of the project
- 5
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
essential oil
noun
- 1
anything indispensable
food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
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