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essential
Anoun
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
 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"
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Badjective
substantive, essential
 applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
essential
 basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
essential
 absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed
all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)
 of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
essential, indispensable
 absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
essential
 being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"

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