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   Nec·es·sar·y

   /ˈnesəˌserē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. required to be done, achieved, or present; needed; essential: "it's not necessary for you to be here" Similar obligatoryrequisiterequiredcompulsorymandatoryimperativedemandedneededcalled forneedfulessentialindispensablevitalof the essenceincumbentde rigueurOpposite unnecessarynonessentialdispensable
   • 2. determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable: "a necessary consequence" Similar inevitableunavoidablecertainsureinescapableinexorableineluctablefateddestinedpredeterminedpredestinedpreordainedOpposite possible
   • ▪ (of a concept, statement, judgment, etc.) inevitably resulting from or produced by the nature of things, so that the contrary is impossible.
   • ▪ (of an agent) having no independent volition.

   noun

   • 1. the basic requirements of life, such as food and warmth: "not merely luxuries, but also the common necessaries"
   • ▪ small items required for a particular journey or purpose: "I hastily threw a few necessaries into a kit bag"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin necessarius, from necesse‘be needful’.

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   The meaning of NECESSARY is absolutely needed : required. How to use necessary in a sentence.

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   NECESSARY definition: 1. needed in order to achieve a particular result: 2. used in negatives and questions to show that…. Learn more.

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   NECESSARY meaning: 1. needed in order to achieve a particular result: 2. used in negatives and questions to show that…. Learn more.

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   Necessary definition: essential, indispensable, or requisite. See examples of NECESSARY used in a sentence.

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   a thing that is bad or that you do not like but that you must accept for a particular reason. The loss of jobs is regarded as a necessary evil in the fight against inflation. Definition of necessary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   5 days ago · necessary, essential, indispensable, requisite indicate something vital for the fulfillment of a need. necessary applies to that without which a condition cannot be fulfilled or to an inevitable consequence of certain events, conditions, etc.: Food is necessary to life.

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   Necessary refers to anything you can't do without. Necessary, cede, and cease all come from the same root, cedere, which is Latin for "to go away" or "to give something up." When something's necessary, you won't give it up.