necessary — ozdic

Collocations

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(adj.)

VERBS

be, prove, seem | become | remain

make sth

The accident made it necessary for the company to hire more safety inspectors.

consider sth, feel sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth

Some parents think regular exercise necessary for their children's health and development.

ADV

really, strictly

We only bought the really necessary items for our new apartment.

absolutely | causally, logically

PREP

for

Good planning is necessary for any successful business project.

PHRASES

if necessary

We can reschedule the meeting if necessary, but I hope everyone can make it next week.

as/when/where necessary

You can contact the support team as necessary if you encounter any problems.

Definitions

adj

1

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.

It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.

2

Unavoidable, inevitable.

If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.

Cæs. Cowards dye many times before their deaths, The valiant neuer taste of death but once: Of all the Wonders that I yet haue heard, It seemes to me most strange that men should feare, Seeing that death, a necessary end Will come, when it will come.

3

Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

But that a necessary being should give birth to a being with any amount, however limited, of moral freedom, is infinitely less conceivable than that parents of the insect or fish type should give birth to a perfect mammal.

noun

1

A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

It soon became fashionable for even the poorest families to have a necessary not far from their cabin. […] The more affluent settlers painted their necessarys in bright colors and carved their names on the doors.

2

Necessity.

[…] loss of that whole dominion of New England, and consequently of their Majesties' other American Plantations, endangered not only by the want of provisions, but by the many ships, vessels, seamen and other necessarys in New England, ...

name

1

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — anything indispensable

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

necessary evil

An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.

Another punishing round of chemo is a necessary evil if Lisa is to have a fighting chance against the cancer.

Example Bank

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Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.

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It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.

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1.Sen. ...The faults Bloody: 'Tis necessary he should dye: Nothing imboldens sinne so much, as Mercy.

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It soon became fashionable for even the poorest families to have a necessary not far from their cabin. […] The more affluent settlers painted their necessarys in bright colors and carved their names o

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[…] loss of that whole dominion of New England, and consequently of their Majesties' other American Plantations, endangered not only by the want of provisions, but by the many ships, vessels, seamen a

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You have bought more postage stamps than are necessary.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, necessary is marked as obsolete, archaic, UK, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.