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UK
/nˈɛsəsəɹi/
]
[ US /ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- absolutely essential
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unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
the necessary consequences of one's actions
NOUN
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anything indispensable
allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
How To Use necessary In A Sentence
- There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
- She made one or two snide remarks about their house which I thought was a bit unnecessary.
- Nursing commissioned officer ( NNCO ) is a special necessary colony. Educate to NNCO is a new thing.
- Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
- In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
- It is not only our senses, but our very intuitive faculties that cease to provide us with the necessary adaptive knowledge.
- There is no doubt that unnecessary complexity can stifle growth. Times, Sunday Times
- This seems like an unnecessary attention-seeking tactic, making sure we notice a particularly sleazy line.
- It is both important and necessary to note this difference.