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necessity
[nuh-ses-i-tee]
noun
plural
necessitiessomething necessary or indispensable.
food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability.
the necessity of adequate housing.
an imperative requirement or need for something.
the necessity for a quick decision.
Synonyms:the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable.
to face the necessity of testifying in court.
an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something.
not by choice but by necessity.
a state of being in financial need; poverty.
a family in dire necessity.
Synonyms: , ,Philosophy.Ģżthe quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws.
necessity
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noun
(sometimes plural) something needed for a desired result; prerequisite
necessities of life
a condition or set of circumstances, such as physical laws or social rules, that inevitably requires a certain result
it is a matter of necessity to wear formal clothes when meeting the Queen
the state or quality of being obligatory or unavoidable
urgent requirement, as in an emergency or misfortune
in time of necessity we must all work together
poverty or want
rareĢżcompulsion through laws of nature; fate
philosophy
a condition, principle, or conclusion that cannot be otherwise
the constraining force of physical determinants on all aspects of life Compare freedom
logic
the property of being necessary
a statement asserting that some property is essential or statement is necessarily true
the operator that indicates that the expression it modifies is true in all possible worlds
inevitably; necessarily
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- nonnecessity noun
- supernecessity noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of necessity1
Idioms and Phrases
of necessity, as an inevitable result; unavoidably; necessarily.
Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
While he understands that immigration agents have a job to do, Trujillo questions the necessity of grabbing workers trying to support their families and people just trying to go about their daily lives.
This ranged from joining students on protest marches to providing "food, sleeping bags, and other necessities" and publishing messages of support on social media and Exit's website.
A necessity, said Thomas, because otherwise, dads wonāt know the group is for them.
County homeless service workers on average earn about $40,000 to $60,000 a year, leaving little left after paying for rent and other necessities.
As two guys in their 60s, who have achieved plenty of things in their separate careers, this is born out of love, not necessity.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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