ingredient

ingredient
/in gree"dee euhnt/, n.
1. something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
2. a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.
[1425-75; late ME < L ingredient- (s. of ingrediens), prp. of ingredi to go or step into, commence, equiv. to in- IN-2 + -gredient- going; see GRADIENT]
Syn. 1. See element.
Ant. whole.

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