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1. (n.) necessity
something necessary or indispensable:
food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
2. necessity
the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability:
the necessity of adequate housing.
3. necessity
an imperative requirement or need for something:
a necessity for a quick decision.
4. necessity
the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable:
to face the necessity of testifying in court.
5. necessity
an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something:
not by choice but by necessity.
6. necessity
a state of being in financial need; poverty:
a family in dire necessity.
7. necessity
Philos. the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws.
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| Definition of 'Necessity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) necessity
the condition of being essential or indispensable
2. (noun) necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
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"
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1. (noun) necessity
the fact of being necessary or needed
the necessity of having good schools; the necessity for Congress to act immediately; a deal made out of necessity
2. necessity
sth you need or must have
food, water, and other basic necessities
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| Definition of 'Necessity' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Necessity
the quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness
2. (noun) Necessity
the condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want
3. (noun) Necessity
that which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural
4. (noun) Necessity
that which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality
5. (noun) Necessity
the negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism
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Sense: something needed or essential
Food is one of the necessities of life.
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 Afrikaans: noodsaaklikheid |
 Arabic: ضَرورَه |
 Bulgarian: необходимост |
 Brazilian: necessidade |
 Czech: nezbytnost, nutnost |
 German: die Notwendigkeit |
 Danish: nødvendighed |
 Greek: ανάγκη, αναγκαιότητα |
 Spanish: necesidad |
 Estonian: paratamatus |
 Farsi: اضطرار |
 Finnish: edellytys |
 French: chose nécessaire |
 Hebrew: צוֹרֶך |
 Hindi: आवश्यकता, अनिवार्यता |
 Croatian: potreba, neophodnost |
 Hungarian: szükség(let) |
 Indonesian: kebutuhan |
 Icelandic: nauðsyn |
 Italian: necessità, cosa necessari |
 Japanese: 必要 |
 Korean: 불가결한 것, 필수품 |
 Lithuanian: būtinybė, būtinas daiktas |
 Latvian: nepieciešamība |
 Malay: keperluan |
 Dutch: behoefte |
 Norwegian: nødvendighet, behov, tran |
 Polish: konieczność |
 Persian: از ضروريا ت مهم |
 Pashto: له مهمو توكو څخه |
 Portuguese: necessidade |
 Romanian: necesitate |
 Russian: необходимость |
 Slovak: nevyhnutnosť |
 Slovenian: potreba |
 Serbian: potreba |
 Swedish: nödvändighet, livsvillkor |
 Thai: สิ่งจำเป็น |
 Turkish: ihtiyaç, zorunluluk |
 Taiwanese: 必需品 |
 Ukrainian: необхідність; настійна по |
 Urdu: ضرورت |
 Vietnamese: sự cần thiết; phần tất yế |
 Chinese: 必需品 |
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