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necessitate
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ne·ces·si·tate  (n-ss-tt)
tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates
1. To make necessary or unavoidable.
2. To require or compel.

[Medieval Latin necessitre, necessitt-, from Latin necessits, necessity; see necessity.]

ne·cessi·tation n.
ne·cessi·tative adj.

necessitate [nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt]
vb (tr)
1. to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result
2. (usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)
necessitation  n
necessitative  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.necessitate - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"
cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer"
compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
obviate, rid of, eliminate - do away with
2.necessitate - cause to be a concomitant
entail, mean, imply - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"

necessitate
verb compel, force, involve, demand, require, call for, exact, oblige, warrant, entail, constrain, impel, be grounds for, make necessary A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing.
Translations
necessitate [nɪˈsesɪteɪt] VTrequerir, exigir
necessitate [nəˈsɛsɪteɪt] vtnécessiter
It would necessitate strong measures → Cela nécessiterait des mesures fortes.
necessitate
vtnotwendig or erforderlich machen, erfordern (form); the heat necessitated our staying indoorsdie Hitze zwang uns, im Haus zu bleiben
necessitate [nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt] vtrendere necessario/a
necessitate [nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt] vtrendere necessario/a


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