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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ/ adv - in a fundamental or basic way; in essence
es•sen•tial /əˈsɛnʃəl/USA pronunciation adj. - absolutely necessary;
that cannot be done without;
indispensable:essential vitamins. Water is essential for life.[it + be + ~ + (that) clause]It is essential that you be at the meeting. - relating to the essence of a thing:[before a noun]The essential purpose of a vacation is to relax.
n. [countable] - a basic or necessary element;
chief point:an essential of the job is promptness. - a basic or necessary item or thing:bare essentials like food and water.
es•sen•tial•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024es•sen•tial (ə sen′shəl),USA pronunciation adj. - absolutely necessary;
indispensable:Discipline is essential in an army. - pertaining to or constituting the essence of a thing.
- noting or containing an essence of a plant, drug, etc.
- being such by its very nature or in the highest sense;
natural;
spontaneous:essential happiness. - Mathematics
- (of a singularity of a function of a complex variable) noting that the Laurent series at the point has an infinite number of terms with negative powers.
- (of a discontinuity) noting that the function is discontinuous and has no limit at the point. Cf. removable (def. 2).
n. - a basic, indispensable, or necessary element;
chief point:Concentrate on essentials rather than details.
- Medieval Latin essenciālis for Late Latin essentiālis. See essence, -al1
- Middle English essencial 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fundamental, basic, inherent, intrinsic, vital. See necessary.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Essential, inherent, intrinsic refer to that which is in the natural composition of a thing. Essential suggests that which is in the very essence or constitution of a thing:Oxygen and hydrogen are essential in water.Inherent means inborn or fixed from the beginning as a permanent quality or constituent of a thing:properties inherent in iron.Intrinsic implies belonging to the nature of a thing itself, and comprised within it, without regard to external considerations or accidentally added properties:the intrinsic value of diamonds.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged incidental, extraneous, extrinsic; accidental.
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