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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’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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

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     NECESSARY translate: необходимый . Learn more in the...

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

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

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   necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding. needed, needful, required, requisite. necessary for relief or supply. obligatory. required by obligation or compulsion or convention. see more. adjective. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances. “the necessary consequences of one's actions” synonyms: inevitable.