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   necessary

   /ˈnɛsɪs(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential: "they granted the necessary planning permission" Similar obligatoryrequisiterequiredcompulsorymandatoryimperativedemandedneededcalled forneedfulessentialindispensablevitalof the essenceincumbentde rigueurOpposite unnecessarynon-essentialdispensable
   • 2. determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable: "a necessary consequence" Similar inevitableunavoidablecertainsureinescapableinexorableineluctablefateddestinedpredeterminedpredestinedpreordainedOpposite possible
   • ▪ (of a concept, statement, etc.) inevitably resulting from 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"
   • ▪ the action or item needed: "see when they need a tactful word of advice and do the necessary"
   • ▪ the money needed: "a bag containing my wallet: the money, the necessary"

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

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   What does necessary mean?

   • 必需的，不可或缺的, （用於否定句和疑問句表示不贊同）必要的，應該的… 必需的，必不可少的, （用于否定句和疑问句表示不赞同）必要的，应该的… necesario, necesario/ria [masculine-feminine, singular]… necessário, necessário/-ia, inevitável… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! NECESSARY definition: 1. needed in order to achieve a particular result: 2. used in negatives and questions to show that….

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   What is a necessary adjective?

   • Definition of necessary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary that is needed for a purpose or a reason synonym essential necessary to do something It may be necessary to buy a new one. necessary for somebody to do something It doesn't seem necessary for us to meet. necessary for something Food is necessary for survival.

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   What does necessário mean?

   • necessário, necessário/-ia, inevitável… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! 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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   What are 'necessaries'?

   • In practice these ' necessaries ' often took the form of food and fuel, of mutton broth and sustaining porter or port. To indicate the importance of private judgement, it was necessary to show what would happen if private judgement were ignored.

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     NECESSARY translate: ضَروري. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     NECESSARY translate: 필요한. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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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.

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