how to pronounce essential

/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/

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essential is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of essential in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… than water still milk is essential to …”

meaning of essential

Essential means necessary for existence or survival.

essential frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word essential occurs in english on average 87 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics essential 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 essential can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;