ingredient
USin-GREE-dee-uhnt/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
Pluralingredients
- 1One of the substances combined in a mixture, especially in food.
Each ingredient must be measured carefully before the baking begins.
The recipe calls for five fresh ingredients and a pinch of salt.
Similarcomponent, constituent, element
- 2A necessary element or component for achieving a particular goal.
Like the separate parts that must come together before a machine will run.
Patience is a vital ingredient in any successful negotiation.
All the ingredients for a financial crisis were already in place.
Similarelement, component, factor, requirement, requisite
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Origin
This word came through Middle French ingredient from Latin ingrediens, the present participle of ingredior, meaning "I go or enter into or onto."