Definition of Necessary

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vital; essential; indispensable; unavoidable
something that is essential or imperative; essentials of life (food, clothing, and shelter)
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Necessary Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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necessarius, necessarius, necesse
Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary
See a priori ; Necessity ; Necessary being ; Necessary condition ; and Necessary statements
Necessary Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
A privy; a water-closet.
  
(a.)
Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  
(a.)
Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential.
  
(a.)
Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
  
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necessary
\nec"es*sa*ry\, n.; pl. necessaries (&?;).
1. 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.
2. a privy; a water-closet.
3. pl. (law) such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
necessary
\nec"es*sa*ry\ (?), a. [l. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. f. nécessaire.] 1. such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.
2. impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'t is necessary he should die." a certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
3. acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
necessary
adj
1. absolutely essential [ant: unnecessary]
2. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions" n : 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" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite]
[ant: inessential]


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Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
adj., riachtanach
it is necessary to: ní fuláir, etc.
it is not necessary for you to: ní gábhadh dhuit, etc.
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Cyfreidiol = a. necessary
Rheidiol = a. necessary, needful
WordNet 2.0

Noun
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"
(synonym) necessity, essential, requirement, requisite
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) desideratum

Adjective
1. absolutely essential
(antonym) unnecessary, unneeded
(similar) essential, indispensable
(see-also) essential
(attribute) necessity
2. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"
(similar) inevitable
Necessary Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Necessary or necessity may refer to:
  • Need
    • An action somebody may feel they must do
    • An important task or essential thing to do at a particular time or by a particular moment
  • Necessary and sufficient condition, in logic, something that is a required condition for something else to be the case
  • Necessary truth, in logic, something that cannot fail to be true
  • Necessity, in criminal law
  • A bathroom or toilet, in some languages (in English this is an archaic usage)
  • An economic need enunciated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 Second Bill of Rights
  • A necessity in contract law
  • Necessary Records, UK record label

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

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Necessary Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Necessary Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The right hand, in the 'X' position, palm down, moves forcefully up and down once or twice. An expression of determination is frequently assumed.