indispensable
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/
indispensable
- (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th-17th c.]
- (of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. [from 17th c.]
- The law was moral and indispensable. -Bp. Burnet
- Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]
- An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
- See also Thesaurus:requisite
- French: indispensable
- German: unverzichtbar
- Italian: indispensabile
- Portuguese: indispensável
- Russian: (lit.: irreplaceable) незамени́мый
- Spanish: indispensable
- German: ausnahmlos, grundsätzlich
- Portuguese: indispensável
- Spanish: indispensable
- French: indispensable
- German: unabdingbar, unabkömmlich, unentbehrlich, unerlässlich, unverzichtbar
- Portuguese: indispensável, imprescindível
- Russian: обяза́тельный
- Spanish: imprescindible, indispensable
indispensable (plural indispensables)
- A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. [from 17th c.]
- (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers. [from 19th c.]
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