essential component

collocation in English

meaningsofessentialandcomponent

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essential
adjective
uk
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
us
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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component
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
us
/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition ofessentialandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofessential component

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Oneessentialcomponentof the relocation was extremely rapid installation and commissioning of all the equipment.
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Science is anessentialcomponentof society, and it makes use of society.
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It is our contention that fetal cardiology is now an integral part of pediatric cardiology as anessentialcomponentof the clinical service.
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Anessentialcomponentof the model is to specify the numbers of neighbours each cell needs before it can bind to another.
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The work was done in connection with the cadastral survey, where again cartography was anessentialcomponent.
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For example, unlike physical aggression, relational aggression often involves the use of language as anessentialcomponent.
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Ensuring that children are healthy and able to learn is now recognized as anessentialcomponentof an effective education system.
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Clearly, it is essential to know how to read a document in order to understand it as anessentialcomponentof the research.
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In fact, transplant surgeons consider retransplantation anessentialcomponentof their treatment.
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The promotion of a new image of monarchy was seen as anessentialcomponentin the binding of working-class sentiment to the modern state.
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This connection is treated as anessentialcomponentin understanding identity construction and its interface with modernity.
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In any event, ecological tariffs may prove to be anessentialcomponentof any national strategy of ecological sustainability.
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In both cases, the result is anessentialcomponentof the meaning.
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In short, cooperatives became anessentialcomponentof every rural politician's local political machine.
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It will be argued that language acquisition incorporates as oneessentialcomponentthe gradual acquisition of those very computational routines.
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Why then has environmental valuation, anessentialcomponentof a full benefit-cost appraisal, apparently been slow to be implemented?
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It should be noted that neither of these practices is anessentialcomponentof cost-benefit analysis.
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Anessentialcomponentof effective teaching of ethics and professionalism in graduate medical education is the competence and preparation of the faculty.
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Until very recently, a good dose of legal history was considered to be anessentialcomponentof any law degree.
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