essences
- 1Plural of essence.
The perfumer blended several floral essences into a single fragrance.
Eastern philosophy often contrasts the essences of opposing natural elements.
Note
Every meaning of the singular can be counted, so the plural appears wherever there is more than one. A perfumer's essences are separate distilled extracts. Spiritual essences are separate beings. In the philosophical meaning, essences are the inherent natures of several different things, one nature for each thing, not one nature divided into parts. Where the singular is used uncountably, as in 'the essence of the matter', no plural is needed.
essences is a form of essence
essence, noun: The inherent nature of a thing or idea: the qualities that make it what it fundamentally is. Full entry
- Forms
- essenceessences plural
- Spelling
- essence → essences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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