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# indispensable

«indispensable» in Mova's school dictionary: **so important or useful that you cannot manage without it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (indispensable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Indispensable means so important or useful that you cannot manage without it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#m1)

2) An indispensable person is someone a team or group really needs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal writing, adverts and everyday talk it shows that something is necessary. Phrases: «indispensable to», «indispensable for», «an indispensable tool».

### examples

- Water is indispensable to life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x1)
- A map is indispensable on a long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x2)
- Our goalkeeper is indispensable to the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x3)
- Glasses are indispensable for reading if you need them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x4)
- A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x5)
- The nurse was indispensable during the emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x6)
- Sunscreen is indispensable on a sunny beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x7)
- Teamwork is indispensable for winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x8)
- Hephaestus appears to have been an indispensable member of the Olympic Assembly, where he plays the part of smith, armourer, chariot-builder, &c. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/#x9)

### note

Ends in -able, not -ible. In + dispensable: «dispensable» means you can do without it. Similar to «essential»; the opposite is «unnecessary».

### Trees and pragmatics

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