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English word

essentially

B2
UK /ɪˈsenʃəli/US /ɪˈsenʃəli/
adverb

when you think about the true, important or basic nature of somebody/something

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Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
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like Hotmail was—where one customer would essentially act as a salesperson for you for bringing in other customers,

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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So essentially, like, the longer you do anything, the more mistakes that you will make cumulatively.

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