The essence of mathematics is liberty.
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Essence
//ˈɛsəns//
Synonyms for "essence" (339 found)
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Closest matches (68)
aromaeffectgistkernelperfumequintessenceabstractactualityaffective meaningambergrisambrosiaaromaticaromatic gumaromatic waterartifactaspectat bottomattarattar of rosesattribute
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au fondaxiombalmbalm of gileadbalsambasicallybasisbay oilbe-all and end-allbearingbeingbench markbergamot oilbest partbetter partbodybottombrainchildbreathbuilding blockbulkburdencardinal pointcasecenterchampaca oilchapterchief thingchildcivetclimaxcoinagecoloringcompositionconcentrateconcentrationconcernconcoctionconnotation
Strong matches (102)
consequencecontentcorecornerstonecreationcreaturecrisiscriticalcritical pointcrowning achievementcrucialcruxdecoctiondefinite odordenotationdetectable odordistillatedistillationdrifteffluvium
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elementelixiremanationend productensentityepitomeesseessentialessential matteressential oilessentialityessentiallyexhalationexistenceextensionextractextractionfabricfiberfibrefixativeflavorflowerfocusfocus of attentionfocus of interestforceformfragrancefruitfumefundamentalfundamentallygeneralityghostgrammatical meaninggravamengreat pointhandiworkheadheadingheartheliotropehigh pointhypostasisideaimageimpactimplicationimportimportantimportant thingin effectin essenceindispensableinfusioninner essenceintensioninventioninwardnessissuejasmine oiljuicekeystonelandmarklavender oillexical meaninglifeliteral meaning
Related words (169)
living issuemain bodymain pointmain thingmajor partmajoritymanufacturemarrowmassmasterpiecemasterworkmaterialmaterial pointmaterialitymateriallymattermatter in handmeaningmeatmedium
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messagemilestonemintagemostmotifmotivemuskmyrcia oilmyrrhname of the gamenaturenew mintagenitty grittynubnubbinnucleusnuts and boltsoccurrenceodorof the essenceoffspringoperaopusopusculeoriginationoutcomeoutgrowthovertoneparfumperfectionperfumerypertinencepicturepithpivotpluralitypointpoint at issuepoint in questionpostulatepractical consequencepresenceprincipleproblemproductproductionpropertypurificationpurportqualityquestionquidquiddityquintessentialrange of meaningreal issuereal meaningrecaprecapitulationredolencereferencereferentrefinementrelationrelevancerequisiteresultresumerock bottomrootrose oilrubricrun throughrun-throughrundownsalient pointsapsavorscentscopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsensesignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesine qua nonsmellsoulspan of meaningspiritspoorstenchstructural meaningstuffsubjectsubject mattersubject of thoughtsubsistencesubstancesubstantialitysubstantiallysubstantive pointsubtle odorsumsum and substancesummarysummationsymbolic meaningtenortexttexturethe bottom linethe nitty-grittythe pointthemethrusttimbertincturetopictotality of associationstracetrailtransferred meaningturning pointunadorned meaningundertonevaluevirtualityvirtuallyvitalvolatile oilwhiffwork
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Translations
174 translations across 56 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- οὐσία noun (inherent nature)
Arabic
1 entries- جَوْهَر noun (inherent nature)
Armenian
1 entries- էություն noun (inherent nature)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cövhər noun (inherent nature)
- mahiyyət noun (inherent nature)
Belarusian
3 entries- су́тнасць noun (inherent nature)
- су́тнасць noun (true nature of something)
- суць noun (inherent nature)
Bulgarian
4 entries- арома́т noun (fragrance)
- екстра́кт noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- есе́нция noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- парфю́м noun (fragrance)
Catalan
2 entries- bessó noun (inherent nature)
- bessó noun (true nature of something)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 精 noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 本質 /本质 noun (inherent nature)
- 本質 /本质 noun (true nature of something)
- 精 noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Czech
2 entries- esence noun (inherent nature)
- esence noun (true nature of something)
Danish
3 entries- essens noun (inherent nature)
- essens noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- koncentrat noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Dutch
4 entries- aftreksel noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- essence noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- essentie noun (inherent nature)
- parfum noun (fragrance)
Esperanto
1 entries- esenco noun (inherent nature)
Estonian
1 entries- olemus noun (inherent nature)
Farefare
2 entries- esentia noun (inherent nature)
- essentia noun (inherent nature)
Finnish
4 entries- ainesosa noun (constituent substance)
- esanssi noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- esanssi noun (extract or concentrate used as flavouring)
- henkiolento noun (spiritual being)
French
2 entries- essence noun (inherent nature)
- essence noun (true nature of something)
Galician
4 entries- celme noun (inherent nature)
- esencia noun (inherent nature)
- esencia noun (true nature of something)
- esencia noun (significant feature)
Georgian
4 entries- არსი noun (inherent nature)
- დედაარსი noun (inherent nature)
- რაობა noun (inherent nature)
- სურნელება noun (fragrance)
German
4 entries- Essenz noun (significant feature)
- Essenz noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- Essenz noun (fragrance)
- Extrakt noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (inherent nature)
Hebrew
4 entries- בושם noun (fragrance)
- מַהוּת noun (inherent nature)
- מַהוּת noun (true nature of something)
- נִיחוֹחַ noun (fragrance)
Hindi
1 entries- ज़ात noun (inherent nature)
Hungarian
3 entries- eszencia noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- kivonat noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- lényeg noun (inherent nature)
Indonesian
2 entries- esensi noun (inherent nature)
- hakikat noun (inherent nature)
Irish
1 entries- garr noun (inherent nature)
Italian
4 entries- essenza noun (inherent nature)
- essenza noun (true nature of something)
- essenza noun (significant feature)
- essenza noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Japanese
2 entries- 本質 noun (inherent nature)
- 本質 noun (true nature of something)
Kazakh
3 entries- мазмұн noun (inherent nature)
- маңыз noun (inherent nature)
- мән noun (inherent nature)
Korean
2 entries- 본질 noun (inherent nature)
- 본질 noun (true nature of something)
Latin
2 entries- essentia noun (inherent nature)
- essentia noun (true nature of something)
Macedonian
4 entries- аро́ма noun (fragrance)
- екстра́кт noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- концентра́т noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- парфе́м noun (fragrance)
Maltese
2 entries- essenza noun (inherent nature)
- essenza noun (true nature of something)
Mongolian
2 entries- мөн чанар noun (inherent nature)
- мөн чанар noun (true nature of something)
Māori
4 entries- ngako noun (inherent nature)
- tino noun (inherent nature)
- waitāwhara noun (extract or concentrate used as flavouring)
- waitāwhara noun (fragrance)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- essens noun (inherent nature)
- essens noun (true nature of something)
- essens noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- essens noun (inherent nature)
- essens noun (true nature of something)
- essens noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Occitan
1 entries- esséncia noun (inherent nature)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- حقیقت noun (inherent nature)
- حقیقت noun (true nature of something)
- حقیقت noun (constituent substance)
- مایه noun (inherent nature)
Persian
1 entries- جوهر noun (inherent nature)
Polish
1 entries- esencja noun (inherent nature)
Portuguese
4 entries- essência noun (inherent nature)
- essência noun (true nature of something)
- essência noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- essência noun (fragrance)
Russian
4 entries- арома́т noun (fragrance)
- ва́жная черта́ noun (significant feature)
- концентра́т noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- су́щность noun (inherent nature)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धर्मता noun (inherent nature)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȋt noun (inherent nature)
- esèncija noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- suštìna noun (inherent nature)
- би̑т noun (inherent nature)
Slovak
4 entries- esencia noun (inherent nature)
- esencia noun (true nature of something)
- esencia noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- esencia noun (extract or concentrate used as flavouring)
Slovene
4 entries- bistvo noun (inherent nature)
- bistvo noun (true nature of something)
- esenca noun (concentrated form of a plant)
- esenca noun (fragrance)
Spanish
4 entries- esencia noun (inherent nature)
- esencia noun (true nature of something)
- esencia noun (significant feature)
- esencia noun (concentrated form of a plant)
Swedish
1 entries- essens noun (inherent nature)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷавҳар noun (inherent nature)
Turkish
2 entries- cevher noun (inherent nature)
- esans noun (fragrance)
Ukrainian
3 entries- су́тність noun (inherent nature)
- су́тність noun (true nature of something)
- суть noun (inherent nature)
Uzbek
1 entries- mohiyat noun (inherent nature)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bản chất noun (inherent nature)
- bản chất noun (true nature of something)
Welsh
3 entries- rhin noun (inherent nature)
- rhin noun (true nature of something)
- rhinflas noun (extract or concentrate used as flavouring)
Yiddish
1 entries- תּוך noun (true nature of something)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The essence of liberty is mathematics.
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They'll never truly understand the essence of Japanese culture anyway.
Source: tatoeba (38594)
Secrecy is of the essence in this matter.
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