All 5 Uses of
essential
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- A diffuser is essential for cooking rice in the Iranian style; it spreads the heat evenly, allowing for the formation of the crust.†
*essential = necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- I told her my story as briefly as I could while covering the essentials.†
essentials = things that are necessary or important or basic to the nature of something
- Speed was essential.†
essential = necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- It was essential that we clear the airports in Tehran and Zahidan and reach the smuggling team before there was any official notice of our absence.†
- The principal covered the essentials with us.†
essentials = things that are necessary or important or basic to the nature of something
Definition:
necessary or important; or a basic and defining part of something