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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?

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   • 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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   • 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 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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   1. : absolutely needed : required. Food is necessary for life. 2. a. : of an inevitable nature : inescapable. Death is a necessary feature of the human condition. b (1) : logically unavoidable. a necessary conclusion. (2) : that cannot be denied without contradiction. c. : determined or produced by the previous condition of things.

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