be of the essence

to be the most important thing for achieving success Time is of the essence because the building must be completed by June. For successful military strategy, secrecy is of the essence.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cai (1)	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Jooseppi	YO:-sep-pee	Finnish
MargarÉTa	MAWR-gaw-ray-taw	Hungarian
FionnÁN	-	Irish
Toni (1)	TO-nee (Finnish)	Finnish, Croatian
Asmaa	-	Arabic