Definitions for necessary
ˈnɛs əˌsɛr inec·es·sa·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessaryadjective

   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"

2. necessaryadjective

   absolutely essential

3. necessaryadjective

   unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

   "the necessary consequences of one's actions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. necessarynoun

   bathroom, toilet, loo

2. necessaryadjective

   needed, required

3. Etymology: From necessarye, from necessaire, from necessarius, from necesse, neuter adjective with esse and habeo, probably originating from ne cessum or non cessum, from ne + cessus, perfect passive participle of cedo; see cede.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NECESSARYadjective

   Etymology: necessarius, Latin.

   1. Needful; indispensably requisite.

   All greatness is in virtue understood;
   ’Tis only necessary to be good. John Dryden, Aureng.

   A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds, consequently to our happiness; and that is holiness and goodness. John Tillotson.

   The Dutch would go on to challenge the military government and the revenues, and reckon them among what shall be thought necessary for their barrier. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   2. Not free; fatal; impelled by fate.3. Conclusive; decisive by inevitable consequence.

   No man can shew by any necessary argument, that it is naturally impossible that all the relations concerning America should be false. John Tillotson, Preface.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NECESSARY

   A need is dissatisfaction at a point of time and in a given context. Needs are distinguished from wants. In the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. In other words, a need is something required for a safe, stable and healthy life (e.g. air, water, food, land, shelter) while a want is a desire, wish or aspiration. When needs or wants are backed by purchasing power, they have the potential to become economic demands. Basic needs such as air, water, food and protection from environmental dangers are necessary for an organism to live. In addition to basic needs, humans also have needs of a social or societal nature such as the human need to socialise or belong to a family unit or group. Needs can be objective and physical, such as the need for food, or psychical and subjective, such as the need for self-esteem. The concept of "unmet need" arises in relation to needs in a social context which are not being fulfilled.Needs and wants are a matter of interest in, and form a common substrate for, the fields of philosophy, biology, psychology, social science, economics, marketing and politics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Necessaryadjective

   such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable

2. Necessaryadjective

   impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential

3. Necessaryadjective

   acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed

4. Necessarynoun

   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

5. Necessarynoun

   a privy; a water-closet

6. Necessarynoun

   such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station

7. Etymology: [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. ncessaire.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Necessary

   "Necessary" is a song by Japanese j-pop group Every Little Thing, released as their tenth single on September 30, 1998.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Necessary

   nes′es-sar-i, adj. that must be: that cannot be otherwise: unavoidable: indispensable: under compulsion: not free.—n. that which cannot be left out or done without (food, &c.)—used chiefly in pl.: a privy.—ns. Necessā′rian, one who holds the doctrine of necessity; Necessā′rianism, the doctrine that the will is not free, but subject to causes without, which determine its action.—adv. Nec′essarily.—n. Nec′essariness, the state or quality of being necessary.—Necessary truths, such as cannot but be true. [Fr.,—L. necessarius.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. necessary

   A just and right requirement.

   It is necessary to comply with the government guidelines to ensure we all continue to the moment we have optimum health on planet earth with our collective agreement that it is the priority.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 28, 2020  

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   necessarynoun

   New elements born by the image of women in which a man was originally known in the common era from a period of common sense, apparently based on a misinterpretation of the number of relevant names. 1.) Required to be done, achieved, or present; needed; essential. 2.) Determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable. Small items required for a particular journey or purpose.

   A person, place, or thing is necessary to know in the investigation of the truth.

   Etymology: knowledge at hand

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 23, 2024  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NECESSARY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Necessary is ranked #24554 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Necessary surname appeared 1,018 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Necessary.
   
   96.9% or 987 total occurrences were White.
   1.1% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'necessary' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #503

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'necessary' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1047

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'necessary' in Adjectives Frequency: #59

How to pronounce necessary?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of necessary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of necessary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of necessary in a Sentence

1. Esther Jenner:

   I woke up one night and all I was thinking about is: 'Why is it necessary [for Caitlyn] to go through all these surgeries?' 'Is this all about making money?' And that was bothering me. He’s lived a life the last 25 years—and I don’t know if it was both he and Kris or mainly Kris—it seemed like their lifestyle was about money; that’s why it came to my mind.

2. Bernd Osterloh:

   I think a company of this size cannot steer everything from Wolfsburg, our approach is: centralize as much as necessary and decentralize as much as possible.

3. Michelle Mahon:

   This kind of dynamic is particularly attractive right now to employers who have not made any of the changes necessary to ensure patient and nursing safety during this COVID-19 pandemic, instead of them addressing the actual problem, they want to go and pivot to this other really fake solution.

4. Kelly Wirfel:

   The Department of Defense is aware of concerns about possible carcinogens around the DOD military commission site located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, working together with the Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center and other environmental and health officials, Navy Region Southeast is looking into this to identify whatever steps may be necessary to address these concerns.

5. Georges Benjamin:

   We've just spent many years preparing and talking about a pandemic, and quite frankly, we were not prepared. We did not put the infrastructure in place that we actually needed to put in place. We de-invested in... our health and public health systems in ways that quite tragically resulted in two years of significant outbreak that did not have to be as bad as it was, the real issue here is that we're about to do the same mistake again. We're about to have the same things happen to us because we have not really invested in the mitigation and adaptation that is necessary to address climate change.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=necessary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Necessary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=necessary
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessary
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessary
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=necessary
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=necessary
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html