essential

necessario, indispensabile

Talmente necessario che senza di esso qualcosa non può avvenire o riuscire.

In inglese semplice: Needed so much that something cannot happen or succeed without it.

• Water is essential for life.
• A helmet is essential when you ride here.
• It is essential that everyone arrives on time.

Come si usa: essential for something (Clean water is essential for health.); essential to something (Trust is essential to a strong friendship.); it is essential to do something (It is essential to check the brakes before leaving.)

Sinonimi: necessary, vital, indispensable

Contrari: unnecessary, optional

Espressioni comuni: essential for something, essential equipment, absolutely essential

fondamentale, importante

Molto importante o centrale per qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Very important or central to something.

• Music plays an essential role in the film.
• The garden is an essential part of the house’s charm.
• Her warmth was an essential element of her appeal.

Sinonimi: important, key, central

Contrari: unimportant

Espressioni comuni: essential role, essential element, essential part

essenziale, intrinseco

Che appartiene alla natura o alle caratteristiche più profonde di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Belonging to the most basic nature or character of something.

• Its essential nature has not changed.
• The two stories share the same essential features.
• What is the essential difference between these approaches?

Sinonimi: fundamental, basic, underlying

Contrari: superficial

Espressioni comuni: essential nature, essential character, essential difference

essenziale, idiopatico

Si dice di una malattia o condizione medica di cui non si conosce la causa.

In inglese semplice: Describing a medical condition that has no known cause.

• The doctor diagnosed essential hypertension.
• Essential tremor can make writing difficult.
• She takes medication to control her essential tremor.

Sinonimi: idiopathic

Espressioni comuni: essential hypertension, essential tremor, essential blepharospasm