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necessity

/ necessity /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Opposites:
inessential nonessential
Type of:
thing
Kinds of:
desideratum must need want
Derived:
want need require necessitate ask
noun Sense 2
the condition of being essential or indispensable
Type of:
need demand
Kinds of:
requisiteness urgency
Derived:
necessitate ask postulate need require
Semantic Complexity
35%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
3
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thing desideratum must need want inessential nonessential demand requisiteness urgency