ingredient
USin-GREE-dee-uhnt/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
Pluralingredients
- 1One of the things you mix together to make food or another mixture.
Like one of the colors of paint you mix to make a new shade.
Flour is the main ingredient in most bread.
She listed all the ingredients on the recipe card.
Similarcomponent, constituent, element
- 2One of the things you need to make something happen or succeed.
Like one piece of a puzzle: you need every piece to finish the picture.
Trust is an important ingredient in any friendship.
Hard work and a little luck were the key ingredients of her success.
Similarelement, component, factor, requirement, requisite
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Origin
It comes from Latin ingredior, meaning "I go into or enter," through Middle French ingredient.