In general, the relationship between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.
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Essentially
//ɪˈsɛnʃəli//
Synonyms for "essentially" (104 found)
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Adverb(2 words)
Prep_phrase(2 words)
Related words (52)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ըստ էության adv (essentially)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mahiyyətcə adv (essentially)
Catalan
1 entries- en essència adv (essentially)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 基本上 adv (essentially)
- 大體上 /大体上 adv (essentially)
- 本質上 /本质上 adv (essentially)
Danish
3 entries- grundlæggende adv (essentially)
- i bund og grund adv (essentially)
- i sit inderste væsen adv (essentially)
Dutch
1 entries- essentieel adv (essentially)
Esperanto
1 entries- esence adv (essentially)
Faroese
1 entries- í botn og grund adv (essentially)
Finnish
4 entries- käytännössä adv (essentially)
- periaatteessa adv (essentially)
- perimmältään adv (essentially)
- pohjimmiltaan adv (essentially)
French
2 entries- en essence adv (essentially)
- essentiellement adv (essentially)
German
4 entries- im Grunde adv (essentially)
- im Grunde genommen adv (essentially)
- im Kern adv (essentially)
- im Wesentlichen adv (essentially)
Hungarian
1 entries- lényegében adv (essentially)
Italian
1 entries- in essenza adv (essentially)
Maltese
1 entries- essenzjalment adv (essentially)
Middle French
1 entries- en essence adv (essentially)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- dypest sett adv (essentially)
- i bunn og grunn adv (essentially)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- сущно adv (essentially)
- у сущносци adv (essentially)
Polish
2 entries- w gruncie rzeczy adv (essentially)
- zasadniczo adv (essentially)
Portuguese
2 entries- em essência adv (essentially)
- essencialmente adv (essentially)
Romanian
2 entries- esențial adv (essentially)
- în esență adv (essentially)
Russian
4 entries- в су́щности adv (essentially)
- есть adv (essentially)
- по су́ти adv (essentially)
- по существу́ adv (essentially)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- u biti adv (essentially)
- u suštini adv (essentially)
Slovak
2 entries- esenciálne adv (essentially)
- v podstate adv (essentially)
Spanish
2 entries- en esencia adv (essentially)
- esencialmente adv (essentially)
Swedish
1 entries- i grund och botten adv (essentially)
Ukrainian
1 entries- по су́ті adv (essentially)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Diamond is essentially hard.
Source: tatoeba (41111)
It is essentially a question of time.
Source: tatoeba (42098)
We often hear it said that ours is essentially a tragic age.
Source: tatoeba (239630)
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