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Meanings of essence in English

Portuguese
substância
Catalan
substància
Spanish
esencia
Wikidata

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.

substância
Portuguese
perfume
Catalan
perfum
Spanish
esencia

Industrial product, made from flowers, or produced by some chemical process, from which a pleasant smell exhales.

perfume
Russian
естество
Portuguese
propriedade essencial
Spanish
esencial
Catalan
ousia

Term in philosophy.

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естество

Tools are the extension of human body.

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Usage of essence in English
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Education and Health Minister Chris Hipkins said time was of the essence.
Radio NZ
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This, in essence, is the problem faced by financial markets at present.
The Irish Times
3
This is in essence a national free vote, Hunt told Sky News.
The Guardian
4
The essence of there being a problem is that there's no solution.
The book of disquiet
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They are, in essence, a road map of the capital markets' infrastructure.
Reuters
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In essence, we need to unpick an essentially imperialist notion of power.
The South African
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Songs that truly address the essence of one are far less common.
The Guardian
8
In essence, more stringent isolation measures will be needed but not yet.
Reuters
9
Dissolve the borax in the rose-water and add the essence of clover.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
10
That is opportunity cost - and that is the essence of money.
Reuters
11
In essence, we're watching the birth of a new type of language.
Wired
12
In essence, every war copies the argument of the war of Troy.
The Guardian
13
The essence of politics is a debate about what works and why.
The Guardian
14
It is, in essence, what various ministers were saying all last week.
The Irish Times
15
The essence of the mind is composed of adequate and inadequate ideas.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
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Schliermacher defined the essence of religion as 'the feeling of absolute dependence'.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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Essence through the time
Essence across language varieties
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Common
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