Usage of "be the essence of"

To be or constitute a general essence of, to be in the broadest sense identified with or part of, to often come with, to make something or someone special.

Usage of be the essence of in English

He ignored what I took to be the essence of the thing. 
 The Belfry 

Redbreast is considered by many to be the essence of Irish whiskey. 
 The Irish Times 

I mean, that seems to me to be the essence of life. 
 The Guardian 

One instinctively knows it to be the essence of all that is good. 
 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 

Expert knowledge and professional training must evidently be the essence of this reorganization. 
 State of the Union Addresses 

This sufficiently expresses what was considered to be the essence of the new constitution. 
 The History of Napoleon Buonaparte 

She planned the menu to be the essence of simplicity. 
 Beauty and the feast 

Now, I cannot stress enough that discretion must needs be the essence of your investigations. 
 Anansi Boys 

She suspected that not having too much time might be the essence of the risk. 
 The Romantic 

Antiquity, of course, would be the essence of the value of the coins, except to the thief. 
 The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) 

That is opportunity cost - and that is the essence of money. 
 Reuters 

But the name and title naturally are the essence of the matter. 
 Septimus 

Exploratory synthesis in new chemical spaces is the essence of solid-state chemistry. 
 Pubmed 

To do this is the essence of nature-study in all its forms. 
 The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches 

It is the essence of the controversy over the national maternity hospital. 
 The Irish Times 

To know and to do is the essence of the highest service. 
 The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches 

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Meanings of be the essence of in English