of the essence

Of the greatest importance, crucial, as in Time is of the essence. This idiom, which uses essence in the sense of “the most important element of something,” was first recorded in 1873, although the phrase the essence of ... was already being used in the mid-1600s.

Words Nearby of the essence

Oftel
often
often as not
oftentimes
of the devil
of the essence
of the first water
of the kind
of the moment
Of Time and the River
ofuro

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