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Necessary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Necessary? [n] anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [adj] unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions" [adj] absolutely essential Synonyms \| Synonyms for Necessary: essential \| essential \| indispensable \| inevitable \| necessity \| needed \| needful \| obligatory \| required \| requirement \| requisite \| requisite Related Terms \| Find terms related to Necessary: absolute \| apodictic \| backhouse \| binding \| bound \| called for \| cardinal \| certain \| choiceless \| clear \| clear and distinct \| clear as day \| closet \| compelling \| compulsory \| conclusive \| constraining \| crapper \| de rigueur \| decisive \| definite \| determinate \| dictated \| essential \| exigent \| fated \| fateful \| fundamental \| imperative \| imperious \| important \| importunate \| indefeasible \| indicated \| indispensable \| ineluctable \| ineludible \| inerrable \| inerrant \| inescapable \| inevasible \| inevitable \| inexorable \| infallible \| inflexible \| involuntary \| irreducible \| irreductible \| irreplaceable \| irresistible \| irrevocable \| jakes \| mandatory \| momentous \| must \| necessitous \| needed \| needful \| obligatory \| office \| outhouse \| peremptory \| perfectly sure \| positive \| predestined \| predetermined \| prerequisite \| relentless \| required \| requisite \| resistless \| significant \| sure \| sure as death \| sure as fate \| sure-enough \| true \| unambiguous \| unavoidable \| uncontrollable \| undeflectable \| unequivocal \| unerring \| unevadable \| unforgoable \| univocal \| unmistakable \| unpreventable \| unstoppable \| unyielding \| urgent \| vital \| wanted \| without choice See Also \| desideratum \| entity \| need \| physical thing \| want Necessary In Webster's Dictionary \Nec"essary\, a. [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. n['e]cessaire.] 1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. --Shak. 2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. ``'T is necessary he should die.'' --Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. --Tillotson. 3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to {free}; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. \Nec"essary\, n.; pl. {Necessaries}. 1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life. 2. A privy; a water-closet. 3. pl. (Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

Necessary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Necessary?

[n] anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
[adj] unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"
[adj] absolutely essential

Necessary In Webster's Dictionary

\Nec"es*sa*ry\, a. [L. necessarius, from necesse
unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F.
n['e]cessaire.]
1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be
   avoided; inevitable.

         Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
                                               --Shak.

2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with,
   without preventing the attainment of a desired result;
   indispensable; requiste; essential. ``'T is necessary he
   should die.'' --Shak.

         A certain kind of temper is necessary to the
         pleasure and quiet of our minds.      --Tillotson.

3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; --
   opposed to {free}; as, whether man is a necessary or a
   free agent is a question much discussed.


\Nec"es*sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Necessaries}.
1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some
   purpose; something that one can not do without; a
   requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural;
   as, the necessaries of life.

2. A privy; a water-closet.

3. pl. (Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics,
   and married women, as are requisite for support suitable
   to station.

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