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necessitate

[nuh-ses-i-teyt]

verb (used with object)

necessitated, necessitating 
  1. to make necessary or unavoidable.

    The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.

  2. to compel, oblige, or force.

    The new wage demand will necessitate a price increase.



necessitate

/ ɪˈɛɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result

  2. (usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • necessitation noun
  • necessitative adjective
  • prenecessitate verb (used with object)
  • unnecessitated adjective
  • unnecessitating adjective
  • ԱˌˈٲپDz noun
  • Աˈˌٲپ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of necessitate1

1620–30; < Medieval Latin Ա𳦱ٳܲ, past participle of Ա𳦱 to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate 1
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That would seem to necessitate a fiercer response from Iran than we saw in its two attacks on Israel last year.

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Cardiff University said the institution understood the impact the last few months had had on colleagues, adding it faced "significant challenges to our sustainability" which had "necessitated some very difficult decisions".

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That necessitates building partisan and international consensuses, which appear elusive in Trumpworld, in order to keep the project alive through changes in political control of the White House and Congress.

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The chaotic aftermath necessitated medicine, schedule and equipment adjustments for her and delivered a massive blow to me, her primary caregiver.

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Part of going forward necessitates making sense of how we as a country got to this nadir.

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