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The correct spelling is essential.
How to pronounce essential
/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/
nounIPA: /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.A necessary ingredient.
- 2.A fundamental ingredient.
adjective
- 1.Necessary.
- 2.Very important; of high importance.
- 3.Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested
- 4.Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- 5.Really existing; existent.
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