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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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