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(adj)
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
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Essential, indispensable, required.
(n)
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
Important, indispensable, crucial.
Very important; vital or crucial.
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
First or earliest in a group or series.
Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
Not expendable.
(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
produced by living organisms, or by a biological process
(N)
(occasionally referred to as I.E.) a five-member Canadian R&B group based in Toronto, Ontario..
performing an essential function in the living body
of great significance or value
Extremely important; essential.
Being a part or component of a whole.
(computing) Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
Essential to own.
Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
The characteristic of being indispensable.
Necessary; being required.
(v)
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.
Prominent; conspicuous.
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
Having meaning, significant.
Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
Primary; most important; first level in importance.
(adv)
Chiefly; for the most part.
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
Having a great value.
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Having a noticeable or major effect.
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Significant; worth considering.
Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
(often postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
Essential; extremely important.
Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.
Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
Naturally as part or consequence of something.
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
Alternative spelling of preeminent. [Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.]
In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
A chief support.
First, earliest or original.
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
Physical matter; material.
Fundamental or underlying.
(obsolete) Large, great.
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
Of or relating to existence.
The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.
Low in place or position.
Providing guidance or direction.
Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.
Extremely important.
A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
More than half (50%) of some group.
Superior, of supreme importance in the case.
Preserving life; preventing death.
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
Having great or incalculable value.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Requiring immediate attention.
Impossible to avoid or prevent.