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Meaning of 'necessary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Necessary [ a.]
- Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
- Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential.
- Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
2 . Necessary [ n.]
- 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.
- A privy; a water-closet.
- Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

Meaning of 'necessary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . necessary [ n]
Meaning (1):
- anything indispensable
Example in sentence:
  • a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained;
  • allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions;
  • food and shelter are necessities of life;
  • the essentials of the good life
2 . necessary [ s]
Meaning (2):
- unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
Example in sentence:
  • the necessary consequences of one's actions

Nearby Words:

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