| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something indispensable: condition, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non. See NECESSARY. 2. A fundamental irreducible constituent of a whole: basic, element, fundamental, rudiment (often used in plural). Idioms: part and parcel. See PART. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or being an irreducible element: basic, elemental, elementary, fundamental, primitive, ultimate, underlying. See SURFACE. 2. Constituting or forming part of the essence of something: basic, constitutional, constitutive, fundamental, integral, vital. See BE, SURFACE. 3. Incapable of being dispensed with: indispensable, necessary, needful, required, requisite. See IMPORTANT, NECESSARY.
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