essential function
collocation in Englishmeaningsofessentialandfunction
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essential
adjective
uk/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/us/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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function
noun
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofessentialandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theessentialfunctionis like a director vector.
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Theessentialfunctionof a right is to confer dominion on the right-holder.
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However, the primitive andessentialfunctionof government was to maintain justice and security.
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What is ouressentialfunction?
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This finding is consistent with these genes having a role in anessentialfunctionsuch as spermatogenesis.
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Thus, it is a conceptual truth, on this view, that theessentialfunctionof law is norm-guidance.
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As we mentioned, with respect to ordinar y citizens, theessentialfunctionof legal rules is to epistemically guide conduct.
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They propose that these individuals performed anessentialfunctionin ancestral groups, splitting populations as they outgrew resources.
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Is that anessentialfunctionat present?
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It is anessentialfunction, and it is new.
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They perform anessentialfunctionin our education system.
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That is theessentialfunctionof the justices' clerk.
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The central market will have anessentialfunction.
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They do, and will continue to, serve anessentialfunction.
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Theessentialfunctionof the tank is to save life.
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That trading is anessentialfunctionof the participation agreements.
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Indeed, any more specific aim that might be accomplished using a legal system would also bring into play the system'sessentialfunctionof regulating conduct.
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It is only then that the marriage has fulfilled its mostessentialfunction, which is to carry on the husband's line.
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The latter possibility might indeed be inconsistent with the view that anessentialfunctionof a legal system, though not each individual law, is to provide practical guidance.
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We cannot afford not to use the land for thisessentialfunction.
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We are told that merchanting is anessentialfunctionof the economic system.
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That is anessentialfunctionwhich should go with the authorities.
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How can the legislative bodies exercise thisessentialfunctionof control?
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Policy is theessentialfunctionof any directorate in any business undertaking.
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