Definitions for essence

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essence es·sence

Spelling: [es-uh ns]

IPA: /ˈɛs əns/

Essence is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in essence (ceeenss).

Definitions for essence

noun

1. the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
2. a substance obtained from a plant, drug, or the like, by distillation, infusion, etc., and containing its characteristic properties in concentrated form.
3. an alcoholic solution of an essential oil; spirit.
4. a perfume; scent.
5. Philosophy. the inward nature, true substance, or constitution of anything, as opposed to what is accidental, phenomenal, illusory, etc.
6. something that exists, especially a spiritual or immaterial entity.

Idioms

1. in essence, essentially; at bottom, often despite appearances:
2. of the essence, absolutely essential; critical; crucial:

Origin of essence

1350-1400; Middle English essencia Medieval Latin, for Latin essentia. See esse, -ence

Examples for essence

The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny.

Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence, was de-domesticate them.

Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy.

Flavour the icing with essence of lemon, or with extract of roses.

They are both viewed in essence like eating Brussels sprouts.

Then, perhaps, says another, the essence of a bull lies in confusion of ideas.

They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.

The essence of the continental system is its gigantic scale.

The essence of nearly every Disney film is that women need saving, preferably by a man from a superior social and economic class.

The essence of what Whitney is to me is a beautiful woman, not a beautiful black woman.