how to pronounce essence

/ˈɛsəns/

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essence is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of essence in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… one time is of the essence time is of …”

meanings of essence

noun:

Fragrance, a perfume.
Constituent substance.
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
A significant feature of something.
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.

essence frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word essence occurs in english on average 20.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics essence can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that essence can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;