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essential

/ɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/
ɪˈsɛnʃəl
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

ɪ - ˈsɛnʃəl -> essential

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မုချလိုအပ်။ ပဓာနကျ။ အခြေခံ သဘောသဘာဝ (ဖြစ်သော)။ (n) အခြေခံလိုအပ်ချက်။

Full entry

essential /Ç'senʃl/ adj

၁။ ~ (to/for sth) မုချလိုအပ် [သော]။ ပဓာနကျ[သော]။
an essential part/ingredient/component of sth ❍ carry out essential repairs on the car
❍ The government is proposing a ban on strikes in essential services. ❍ Is money essential to happiness? ❍ This alliance is essential for the stability of Europe. ❍ It's essential that you attend all the meetings. ❍ Secretary wanted: previous experience essential.
၂။ အခြေခံ သဘောသဘာဝ (ဖြစ်သော)။ the essential artificiality of art ❍ the essential weakness of their negotiating position.
n (usu pl ) အခြေခံလိုအပ်ချက်။ learn the essentials of English grammar ❍ We only had time to pack a few essentials.
❏ essentially /Ç'senʃǝli/ adv အခြေခံအားဖြင့်။
an essentially political movement
❍ It is an amusing book, but essentially a work of propaganda.
❏ essential oil n (ရေမွှေးသုံး) ရနံ့အဆီ။

More examples
  • In a large organization, good internal communication is essential.
  • [essential for] : Light is absolutely essential for the healthy development of plants.
  • [essential to] : He had acquired the skills essential to his later success in politics.
  • [it is essential (that)] : It is essential that all equipment is properly maintained.
  • [it is essential to do something] : If you want to make major changes, it is essential to involve your staff.
  • [essential reading] : Her articles are essential reading for anyone interested in the war.
  • [play an essential role/part in something] : She has always played an essential part in the smooth running of the business.
  • The essential characteristics of Marxist political thought
  • The essential difference between us is that I take life seriously.
  • Essential services such as shops and buses
  • Food, fuel, and other essential supplies
  • Essential vitamins/minerals/nutrients
Synonyms
necessary, vital, indispensable, important, crucial, critical, ABCs, absolute, basal, basic, bottom line, brass tacks, capital, cardinal, central, chief, cold, complete, condition, congenital, connate, constitutional, constitutive, deep-seated, demand, element, elemental, elementary, essence, fire and ice, foremost, fundamental, groceries, guts, heart, ideal, imperative, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, leading, lifeblood, main, material, meat and potatoes, must, name of the game, necessitous, necessity, need, needed, needful, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, perfect, precondition, prerequisite, primary, prime, primitive, principal, principle, quintessence, quintessential, required, requirement, requisite, right-hand, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, substratal, underlying, vital part, want, wanted, where one's at
Antonyms
accessory, acquired, atypical, auxiliary, cowardice, extra, extrinsic, fear, flawed, imperfect, incidental, inessential, inferior, insignificant, learned, luxury, minor, needless, nonessential, option, optional, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, voluntary, wrong
Cross references
necessaryvitalindispensableimportantcrucialcriticalABCsabsolutebasalbasicbottom linebrass tackscapitalcardinalcentralchiefcoldcompleteconditioncongenitalconnateconstitutionalconstitutivedeep-seateddemandelementelementalelementary
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