English-Thai Dictionary

essential

ADJ จำเป็น  ซึ่ง สำคัญ  ซึ่ง เป็น สิ่ง ที่ สำคัญ ที่สุด  ซึ่ง เป็น ส่วน จำเป็น ที่สุด  crucial necessary jam-pen

 

essential

N องค์ประกอบ สำคัญ  เนื้อแท้  ปัจจัยพื้นฐาน  สิ่งจำเป็น  ong-pra-kob-sam-kan

 

essentiality

N ลักษณะ ที่ สำคัญ จำเป็น ที่สุด  ลักษณะ พื้นฐาน 

 

essentially

ADV โดย พื้นฐาน  อย่าง สำคัญ  อย่าง จำเป็น อย่างยิ่ง  intrinsically substantially doi-puen-tan

 

essentialness

N ความสำคัญ จำเป็น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESSENTIAL

a.[L. essentialis.] Necessary to the constitution or existence of a thing. Piety and good works are essential to the christian character. Figure and extension are essential properties of bodies. And if each system in gradation roll,
Alike essential to the amazing whole--
1. Important in the highest degree.
Judgment is more essential to a general than courage.
2. Pure; highly rectified. Essential oils are such as are drawn from plants by distillation in an alembic with water, as distinguished from empyreumatic oils, which are raised by a naked fire without water.

 

ESSENTIAL

n.Existence; being. [Little used. ] 1. First or constituent principles; as the essentials of religion.
2. The chief point; that which is most important.

 

ESSENTIALITY

n.The quality of being essential; first or constituent principles.

 

ESSENTIALLY

adv. By the constitution of nature; in essence; as, minerals and plants are essentially different. 1. In an important degree; in effect. The two statements differ, but not essentially.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESSENTIAL

Es *sen "tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence. ]

 

1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an essential character of plaintiveness. Hawthorne.

 

2. Hence, really existing; existent. Is it true, that thou art but a a name, And no essential thing Webster (1623 ).

 

3. Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary. Judgment's more essential to a general Than courage. Denham. How to live -- that is the essential question for us. H. Spencer.

 

4. Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil. "Mine own essential horror. " Ford.

 

5. (Mus. )

 

Defn: Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

 

6. (Med. )

 

Defn: Idiopathic; independent of other diseases. Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc. , from another. -- Essential disease, Essential fever (Med. ), one that is not dependent on another. -- Essential oils (Chem. ), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc. , and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal salt, etc. ; -- called also volatile oils in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile.

 

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL Es *sen "tial, n.

 

1. Existence; being. [Obs. ] Milton.

 

2. That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.

 

ESSENTIALITY

ESSENTIALITY Es *sen `ti *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being essential; the essential part. Jer. Taylor.

 

ESSENTIALLY

ESSENTIALLY Es *sen "tial *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.

 

ESSENTIALNESS

ESSENTIALNESS Es *sen "tial *ness, n.

 

Defn: Essentiality. Ld. Digby.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

essential

es sen tial |iˈsenCHəl əˈsɛn (t )ʃəl | ▶adjective 1 absolutely necessary; extremely important: [ with infinitive ] : it is essential to keep up-to-date records | fiber is an essential ingredient. • [ attrib. ] fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone: the essential weakness of the plaintiff's case. • Biochemistry (of an amino acid or fatty acid ) required for normal growth but not synthesized in the body and therefore necessary in the diet. 2 Medicine (of a disease ) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic: essential hypertension. ▶noun (usu. essentials ) a thing that is absolutely necessary: we had only the bare essentials in the way of gear. • (essentials ) the fundamental elements or characteristics of something: he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent's argument. DERIVATIVES es sen ti al i ty |iˌsenCHēˈalitē |noun, es sen tial ness noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘in the highest degree ’): from late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia .

 

essentialism

es sen tial ism |iˈsenSHəˌlizəm əˈsɛn (t )ʃəˌlɪzəm | ▶noun Philosophy a belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence. Compare with existentialism. • the view that all children should be taught on traditional lines the ideas and methods regarded as essential to the prevalent culture. • the view that categories of people, such as women and men, or heterosexuals and homosexuals, or members of ethnic groups, have intrinsically different and characteristic natures or dispositions. DERIVATIVES es sen tial ist noun & adjective

 

essentially

es sen tial ly |iˈsenSHəlē əˈsɛn (t )ʃəli | ▶adverb used to emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person, thing, or situation: [ sentence adverb ] : essentially, they are amateurs.

 

essential oil

es sen tial oil |əˈsɛn (t )ʃəl ɔɪl | ▶noun a natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic fragrance of the plant or other source from which it is extracted.

 

Oxford Dictionary

essential

essential |ɪˈsɛnʃ (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 absolutely necessary; extremely important: [ with infinitive ] : it is essential to keep up-to-date records | fibre is an essential ingredient of our diet. • [ attrib. ] fundamental or central to the nature of something or someone: the essential weakness of the plaintiff's case. 2 (of an amino acid or fatty acid ) required for normal growth but not synthesized in the body and therefore necessary in the diet. 3 Medicine (of a disease ) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic: essential hypertension. ▶noun (usu. essentials ) a thing that is absolutely necessary: we only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment. • (essentials ) the fundamental elements or characteristics of something: he was quick to grasp the essentials of an opponent's argument. DERIVATIVES essentiality |-ʃɪˈalɪti |noun, essentialness noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘in the highest degree ’): from late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia (see essence ).

 

essentialism

es ¦sen ¦tial |ism |ɪˈsɛnʃ (ə )lɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Philosophy a belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence. Compare with existentialism. • the view that all children should be taught on traditional lines the ideas and methods regarded as essential to the prevalent culture. • the view that categories of people, such as women and men, or heterosexuals and homosexuals, or members of ethnic groups, have intrinsically different and characteristic natures or dispositions. DERIVATIVES essentialist noun & adjective

 

essentially

es ¦sen |tial ¦ly |ɪˈsɛnʃ (ə )li | ▶adverb used to emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person or thing: [ sentence adverb ] : essentially, they are amateurs.

 

essential oil

es ¦sen |tial oil ▶noun a natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic odour of the plant or other source from which it is extracted.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

essential

essential adjective 1 it is essential to remove the paint: crucial, necessary, key, vital, indispensable, important, all-important, of the essence, critical, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory; urgent, pressing, paramount, preeminent, high-priority, nonnegotiable; informal must-have. ANTONYMS unimportant, optional. 2 the essential simplicity of his style: basic, inherent, fundamental, quintessential, intrinsic, underlying, characteristic, innate, primary, elementary, elemental; central, pivotal, vital. ANTONYMS secondary. ▶noun 1 an essential for broadcasters: necessity, prerequisite, requisite, requirement, need; condition, precondition, stipulation; sine qua non; informal must, must-have. 2 the essentials of the job: fundamentals, basics, rudiments, first principles, foundations, bedrock; essence, basis, core, kernel, crux, sine qua non; informal nitty-gritty, brass tacks, nuts and bolts, meat and potatoes.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

essential

essential adjective 1 it is essential to remove all the old plaster: crucial, necessary, key, vital, indispensable, needed, required, called for, requisite, important, all-important, vitally important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, of the essence, critical, life-and-death, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory, compelling, urgent, pressing, burning, acute, paramount, pre-eminent, high-priority, significant, consequential. ANTONYMS inessential, unimportant, optional. 2 the essential simplicity of his style: basic, inherent, fundamental, quintessential, intrinsic, underlying, characteristic, innate, rudimentary, primary, principal, cardinal, chief, elementary, elemental; central, pivotal, critical, key, focal, salient, staple, vital, necessary, indispensable, foundational, ingrained. ANTONYMS secondary. 3 he is the essential English gentleman: ideal, absolute, complete, perfect, quintessential. ▶noun 1 the gift of the gab was an essential for an up-and-coming broadcaster: necessity, necessary /essential item, prerequisite, requisite, requirement, need; condition, precondition, specification, stipulation; qualification; Latin desideratum, sine qua non; informal must. ANTONYMS inessential. 2 (essentials ) they were taught the essentials of the job in three days: fundamentals, basics, rudiments, principles, first principles, foundations, preliminaries, groundwork; essence, basis, core, kernel, nub, marrow, meat, crux, bedrock; facts, hard facts, practicalities, realities; Latin sine qua non; informal nitty-gritty, brass tacks, nuts and bolts, ABC. ANTONYMS minutiae. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD essential, necessary, requisite, indispensable See necessary . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD essential, inherent, intrinsic, innate See inherent . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Duden Dictionary

Essential

Es sen tial Substantiv, Neutrum bildungssprachlich , das |ɪˈsɛnʃəl |das Essential; Genitiv: des Essentials, Plural: die Essentials meist im Plural englisch essential 1 wesentlicher Punkt, wesentliche Sache 2 unentbehrliches, lebenswichtiges Gut

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

essential

es sen tial /ɪsénʃ (ə )l, es- / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →essence 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 a. «…にとって » 必要不可欠な , きわめて重要な, 必須 （ひっす ）の (crucial ) «for , to » ▸ Tom's support is absolutely essential for us .トムの支持が私たちにはぜひとも不可欠である b. 〖it is essential (for A ) to do /that A (｟主に英 ｠should ) do 〗A 〈人 〉が …することが 絶対必要である (→it 代名詞 4a )▸ It is essential to speak clearly .明確に話すことがきわめて重要である ▸ It is essential that you are [(should ) be ] present at the meeting .君がその会議に出席することが絶対に必要である (!(1 )現在ではthat節内の 動詞 は普通の活用変化した形を用いることが多い. (2 )｟米 ｠では時制にかかわらず 動詞 の原形を用いることもある. (3 )shouldの省略については →should 7 語法 ) 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗本質的な , 根本的な, 基本的な 〈特徴 違いなど 〉▸ Calcium is an essential part of the structure of bone .カルシウムは骨の組織の最も重要な部分だ 3 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗エキスの .4 〘医 〙本態性の, 特発性の .名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖通例 ～s 〗必要不可欠な [絶対必要な ]物 ▸ the bare [barest ] essentials 最も必要な物 ▸ in essentials 本質的には 2 〖the ～s 〗最重要事項 , 要点 ▸ the essentials of English grammar 英文法の必須重要事項 ～̀ am ì no á cid 〘生化 〙必須 [不可欠 ]アミノ酸 .～̀ ó il 芳香油 .

 

essentially

es sen tial ly /ɪsénʃ (ə )li, es- /→essence 副詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠〖時に文頭で 〗1 本質的に , 根本的に 〈正しい 重要など 〉▸ The process is essentially the same .その過程は本質的には同じである 2 (細部はともかく )基本的には ▸ Essentially , I agree with him .基本的には彼に賛成です