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- DictionaryEs·sen·tial/əˈsen(t)SH(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. absolutely necessary; extremely important: "it is essential to keep up-to-date records"
- 2. (of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic: "essential hypertension"
noun
- 1. a thing that is absolutely necessary: "we had only the bare essentials in the way of gear"