essential
B1Frequent NGSL-2UK /ɪˈsenʃl/US /ɪˈsenʃl/
Meaning
adjective
completely necessary; extremely important in a particular situation or for a particular activity
“an essential part/feature of something”
Real video examples
From real subtitles in LingoTube lessons
“essential uh having a a good large”
📺 Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of AlibabaLearn this word in the video →
“But then, as Jeff points out, failure is an essential component of innovation and invention.”
📺 Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton UniversityLearn this word in the video →
Remember essential through real videos
LingoTube turns TED / YouTube videos into sentence-by-sentence bilingual lessons: synced subtitles, tap any word for meaning and pronunciation, save to your word bank with spaced repetition.
essential uh having a a good large
essential·
Learn "essential" in a video →
Free to try, no sign-up needed