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essential

The correct spelling is essential.

How to pronounce essential

/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/
noun

IPA: /ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/

Say it like: Ess-ent-ial

The correct spelling is essential. A necessary ingredient. For example: "Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred."

Usage Examples

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A necessary ingredient.
  2. 2.A fundamental ingredient.

adjective

  1. 1.Necessary.
  2. 2.Very important; of high importance.
  3. 3.Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested
  4. 4.Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
  5. 5.Really existing; existent.

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