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[ es -uh ns ] SHOW IPA
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noun the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
a substance obtained from a plant, drug, or the like, by distillation, infusion, etc., and containing its characteristic properties in concentrated form.
an alcoholic solution of an essential oil; spirit.
a perfume; scent.
Philosophy . the inward nature, true substance, or constitution of anything, as opposed to what is accidental, phenomenal, illusory, etc.
something that exists, especially a spiritual or immaterial entity.
Idioms for essencein essence , essentially; at bottom, often despite appearances: For all his bluster, he is in essence a shy person.
of the essence , absolutely essential; critical; crucial: In chess, cool nerves are of the essence.
Origin of essence 1350–1400; Middle English essencia <Medieval Latin, for Latin essentia. See esse , -ence
SYNONYMS FOR essence 1 substance, spirit, lifeblood, heart, principle, soul, core.
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OTHER WORDS FROM essence self-essence, noun Words nearby essence essayist, essayistic, essay question, esse, Essen, essence , essence d'orient, Essene, essential, essential amino acid, essential dysmenorrhea
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Example sentences from the Web for essence They are both viewed in essence like eating Brussels sprouts.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee | Dean Obeidallah| January 6, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence , was de-domesticate them.
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They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.
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The essence of nearly every Disney film is that women need saving, preferably by a man from a superior social and economic class.
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In essence , they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
Solar Powered Ski Lift | The Daily Beast| November 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That, I take it, is the essence of beauty—not that I am learned in beauty, though I am an expert in ugliness.
Francezka | Molly Elliot Seawell
There was in him too much of the essence of the highest chivalry to permit such things.
The Eagle's Heart | Hamlin Garland
It had seemed to me hitherto that the essence of my duty lay in marrying Hugh.
The High Heart | Basil King
The “blood of trees” was the name for sap; sap was water impregnated or vitalized by Soma, the essence of life.
Indian Myth and Legend | Donald Alexander Mackenzie
It is of the essence of a "treat," to use the good old word of childhood, that it should be more or less exceptional.
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car | J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
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British Dictionary definitions for essence noun the characteristic or intrinsic feature of a thing, which determines its identity; fundamental nature
the most distinctive element of a thing the essence of a problem
a perfect or complete form of something, esp a person who typifies an abstract quality he was the essence of gentility
philosophy the unchanging and unchangeable nature of something which is necessary to its being the thing it is; its necessary properties Compare accident (def. 4) the properties in virtue of which something is called by its name the nature of something as distinct from, and logically prior to, its existence theol an immaterial or spiritual entity
the constituent of a plant, usually an oil, alkaloid, or glycoside, that determines its chemical or pharmacological properties an alcoholic solution of such a substance a substance, usually a liquid, containing the properties of a plant or foodstuff in concentrated form vanilla essence
a rare word for perfume
in essence essentially; fundamentally
of the essence indispensable; vitally important
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for essence C14: from Medieval Latin essentia, from Latin: the being (of something), from esse to be
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