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# essence

«essence» in Mova's school dictionary: **The most important part or real nature of a thing, which…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (essences)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The most important part or real nature of a thing, which makes it what it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#m1)

2) A strong, concentrated liquid made from a plant, used to flavour food, such as vanilla essence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons, the essence of a tale is its main message, and in cooking an essence gives a strong flavour

### examples

- The essence of the story is that kindness wins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x1)
- Add a few drops of vanilla essence to the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x2)
- Tell me the essence of the plot in one sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «essence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.