📖 Определения и значения для слова essence
📒 the most important quality or feature of something, that makes it what it is
- His paintings capture the essence of France.
- in essence In essence (= when you consider the most important points), your situation isn't so different from mine.
- His paintings embody the very essence of the immediate post-war years.
📒 a liquid taken from a plant, etc. that contains its smell and taste in a very strong form
- essence of rose
- (British English) coffee/vanilla/almond essence
📒 necessary and very important
- In this situation time is of the essence (= we must do things as quickly as possible).