necessity

ne·ces·si·ty  (n-ss-t)

n. pl. ne·ces·si·ties

1.

a. The condition or quality of being necessary.

b. Something necessary: The necessities of life include food, clothing, and shelter.

2.

a. Something dictated by invariable physical laws.

b. The force exerted by circumstance.

3. The state or fact of being in need.

4. Pressing or urgent need, especially that arising from poverty.

Idiom:

of necessity

As an inevitable consequence; necessarily.

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[Middle English necessite, from Old French, from Latin necessits, from necesse, necessary; see necessary.]

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necessity

Noun

pl -ties

1. a set of circumstances that inevitably requires a certain result: the necessity to maintain safety standards

2. something needed: the daily necessities

3. great poverty

4. of necessity inevitably

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	necessity - the condition of being essential or indispensable need, demand - a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" requisiteness - the state of being absolutely required urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
	2.	necessity - 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" essential, necessary, requisite, requirement thing - a separate and self-contained entity desideratum - something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money" must - a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must" need, want - anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

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necessity

noun 1. need, demand, requirement, exigency, indispensability, needfulness

noun 2. essential, need, necessary, requirement, fundamental, requisite, prerequisite, sine qua non (Latin) desideratum, want, must-have

noun 3. inevitability, certainty

noun 4. poverty, need, privation, penury, destitution, extremity, indigence

noun 5. essential, need, requirement, fundamental

Translations

necessity [nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ] n → necesidad f;

necessities npl → artículos mpl de primera necesidad;

in case of necessity → en caso de urgencia

necessity [nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ] n → nécessité f; chose nécessaire or essentielle;

in case of necessity → en cas d'urgence

necessity [nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ] necessary n → Notwendigkeit f;

of necessity necessary → notgedrungen;

out of necessity necessary → aus Not;

the necessities (of life) necessary → das Notwendigste (zum Leben)

necessity [nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ] n → necessità f inv;

in case of necessity → in caso di necessità