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   nec·es·sar·y

   /ˈnesəˌserē/

   adjective

   • 1. required to be done, achieved, or present; needed; essential: "it's not necessary for you to be here" Similar obligatoryrequisiterequiredcompulsorymandatoryimperativedemandedneededcalled forneedfulessentialindispensablevitalof the essenceincumbentde rigueurOpposite unnecessarynonessentialdispensable
   • 2. determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable: "a necessary consequence" Similar inevitableunavoidablecertainsureinescapableinexorableineluctablefateddestinedpredeterminedpredestinedpreordainedOpposite possible
   • ▪ (of a concept, statement, judgment, etc.) inevitably resulting from or produced by the nature of things, so that the contrary is impossible.
   • ▪ (of an agent) having no independent volition.

   noun

   • 1. the basic requirements of life, such as food and warmth: "not merely luxuries, but also the common necessaries"
   • ▪ small items required for a particular journey or purpose: "I hastily threw a few necessaries into a kit bag"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin necessarius, from necesse‘be needful’.

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   adjective. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances. “the necessary consequences of one's actions” synonyms: inevitable. incapable of being avoided or prevented. noun. anything indispensable.

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