essential concept

collocation in English

meaningsofessentialandconcept

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essential
adjective
uk
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/us
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofessentialandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofessential concept

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It is anessentialconceptbehind land management, not just an improved alternative approach to soil and water conservation, as suggested by the author.
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This is a very simplified illustration, but it demonstrates theessentialconcept.
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The experts' report talks at length about 'responsibility', anessentialconceptfor any modern civil service which is responsible to those it serves.
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We all know that that is theessentialconceptfor our future society.
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This is an absolutelyessentialconceptthat we should fix in our minds.
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That is theessentialconceptof a bridge, and it makes nonsense to use that concept of a bridge in any other circumstances.
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A coherent national curriculum is anessentialconcepttowards broadening the academic basis of school education and of entrance to higher education for those so inclined.
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Theessentialconcept, therefore, is quite simple.
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This is theessentialconceptbehind register renaming.
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In his theory he simplified the basic concepts, for instance "heat" is not anessentialconceptbut a derived one.
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Tribe members can also gather food, anessentialconcept.
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Anessentialconceptis that when commentators say that a debt is dischargeable, they are referring only to the debtor's personal liability on the debt.
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A priori languages start from scratch with new symbols, signs or other elements devised to represent essential concepts.
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Instead, we need to focus on the more general aims of teaching elementary techniques of programming and essential concepts of computing.
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Haldane saw his work as a vindication of his belief that teleology was anessentialconceptin biology.
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Bearing this in mind, any effective propaganda must be reduced to a minimum of essential concepts, which themselves must be expressed through a few stereotyped formulae.
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The pre-empirical work is accomplished by identifying and interrelating the essential concepts, the vital distinctions, that characterize all possible instances of a subject matter.
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He has the unique ability to distill from the voluminous material the essential concepts for the general public.
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