necessary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈnɛs.ə.sə.ri/ (India, South)
- /ˈnɛs.əˌsɛ.ɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈnɛs.əˌsɛ.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɛs.ə.sɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈnɛs.ə.ɹi/ (nonstandard)
- /nᵻˈsɛsᵊ.ri/ (India, North)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius (“unavoidable, inevitable, required”), variant of necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”), probably from ne or non cessum, from the perfect passive participle of cēdō (“yield; avoid, withdraw”); see cede. Older use as a noun in reference to an outhouse or lavatory under the influence of English and Latin necessārium, a medieval term for the place for monks’ “unavoidable” business, usually located behind or attached to monastic dormitories.
Meanings
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Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.
It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.
1.Sen. ...The faults Bloody: 'Tis necessary he should dye: Nothing imboldens sinne so much, as Mercy.
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], lines 1258-60:
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Unavoidable, inevitable.
If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.
Cæs. Cowards dye many times before their deaths, The valiant neuer taste of death but once: Of all the Wonders that I yet haue heard, It seemes to me most strange that men should feare, Seeing that death, a necessary end Will come, when it will come.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], lines 1020-25:
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(obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
But that a necessary being should give birth to a being with any amount, however limited, of moral freedom, is infinitely less conceivable than that parents of the insect or fish type should give birth to a perfect mammal.
1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, volume I, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| necessarier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most necessary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more necessary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| necessariest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
impossible · incidental · unnecessary · evitable
Deriveds
necessary condition · necessarily · socially necessary labour time · seminecessary · innecessary · necessarian · nonnecessary · equinecessary · necessary woman · necessary evil · necessary room
Relateds
necessity · necessitate · necessitousness · necessitation · necessitude · necessariness
Synonyms
indispensable · inevitable · necessitous · prerequisite · needed · essential · required · basic · necessar · requisite · necessary · natural
Translations (203)
ky кажет (needed, required) · hu szükséges (needed, required) · te కావాల్సిన (needed, required) · tg зарурӣ (needed, required) · got 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍃 (needed, required) · de erforderlich (needed, required) · sv nödvändig (needed, required) · ht nesesè (needed, required) · hu szükségszerű (needed, required) · eo necesa (needed, required) · uz zarur (needed, required) · es preciso (needed, required) · fr nécessaire (needed, required) · ur لازِمی (needed, required) · tk zerur (needed, required) · sk nevyhnutný (needed, required) · ml ആവശ്യം (needed, required) · af nodig (needed, required) · es necesario (such as must be) · bg наложителен (such as must be) · nb påkrevd (needed, required) · az lazımi (needed, required) · hu nélkülözhetetlen (needed, required) · mk нужен (needed, required) · uk потрі́бний (needed, required) · bn গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (unavoidable, inevitable) · bg неизбежен (unavoidable, inevitable) · ga ag teastáil (needed, required) · ang niedbehefe (needed, required) · ga is gá (needed, required) · tr gerekli (needed, required) · bg потре́бен (needed, required) · oc necessari (needed, required) · uz lozim (needed, required) · az zəruri (needed, required) · nl nodig (needed, required) · pt necessário (such as must be) · mn хэрэгтэй (needed, required) · sl potrebno (needed, required) · sh potreban (needed, required) · bn খুবই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (unavoidable, inevitable) · grc ἀναγκαῖος (needed, required) · bn জরুরি (needed, required) · pt necessário (needed, required) · nb nødvendig (needed, required) · sh nužan (needed, required) · lt būtinas (needed, required) · ang behoflic (needed, required) · ta தேவையான (needed, required) · mk потребен (needed, required) · da nødvendig (needed, required) · kk керекті (needed, required) · eu beharrezko (needed, required) · ast necesariu (needed, required) · bo ཁ་ཚ་པོ (needed, required) · ps ضروري (needed, required) · io necesa (needed, required) · lt reikalingas (needed, required) · sh потребан (needed, required) · vo zesüdik (needed, required) · ug زۆرۈر (needed, required) · vi cần thiết (needed, required) · et vajalik (needed, required) · lad menesterozo (needed, required) · ps لازم (needed, required) · ka საჭირო (needed, required) · hrx nodwennich (needed, required) · fi välttämätön (such as must be) · ang þearflic (needed, required) · be патрэ́бны (needed, required) · ga riachtanach (needed, required) · gl preciso (unavoidable, inevitable) · ang niedþearflic (needed, required) · lo ຈຳເປັນ (needed, required) · tr lazım (needed, required) · hi ज़रूरी (needed, required) · hy անհրաժեշտ (needed, required) · sh нужан (needed, required) · tg воҷиб (needed, required) · es necesario (needed, required) · pl potrzebny (needed, required) · ang niedbehof (needed, required) · pdt needich (needed, required) · uz kerakli (needed, required) · es menester (needed, required) · kk қажетті (needed, required) · gl necesario (such as must be) · ro necesar (needed, required) · sl nujen (needed, required) · de zwangsläufig (such as must be) · ur ضروری (needed, required) · pa ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ (needed, required) · mk неопходен (needed, required) · gl necesario (needed, required) · ca necessari (needed, required) · el αναπόδραστος (such as must be) · fi tarvittava (needed, required) · uk необхі́дний (needed, required) · ru неизбежный (unavoidable, inevitable) · ang neodþearflic (needed, required) · bo མཁོ་བ (needed, required) · fa لازم (needed, required) · ru неотвратимый (unavoidable, inevitable) · tg лозим (needed, required) · fi tähdellinen (needed, required) · cy angenrheidiol (needed, required) · az gərəkli (needed, required) · cs nutný (needed, required) · bg ну́жен (needed, required) · az lazım olan (needed, required) · ky зарыл (needed, required) · hi आवश्यक (needed, required) · sk potrebný (needed, required) · te అవసరమైన (needed, required) · cmn 必要的 (needed, required) · bg необходим (unavoidable, inevitable) · pl konieczny (needed, required) · it necessario (such as must be) · it necessario (needed, required) · lb néideg (needed, required) · mn шаардлагатай (needed, required) · ckb پێویست (needed, required) · id penting (needed, required) · fi tarpeellinen (needed, required) · km ចាំបាច់ (needed, required) · ang niedful (needed, required) · ar لَازِم (needed, required) · is nauðsynlegur (needed, required) · tl kailangan (needed, required) · lv vajadzīgs (needed, required) · tg даркорӣ (needed, required) · uz darkor (needed, required) · be неабхо́дны (needed, required) · el αναπόφευκτος (such as must be) · ang niedbehoflic (needed, required) · sq duhur (needed, required) · bg необходи́м (needed, required) · hy հարկավոր (needed, required) · el ζωτικής σημασίας (needed, required) · ms perlu (needed, required) · nl noodzakelijk (needed, required) · ko 필요하다 (needed, required) · nrf nécessaithe (needed, required) · ru необходи́мый (needed, required) · de nötig (needed, required) · fr nécessaire (such as must be) · yi נייטיק (needed, required) · hu elengedhetetlen (needed, required) · gd riatanach (needed, required) · acw ضروري (needed, required) · dsb notny (needed, required) · ia necesse (needed, required) · fa ضروری (needed, required) · ia necessari (needed, required) · ar ضَرُورِيّ (needed, required) · gl necesario (unavoidable, inevitable) · ga de dhíth (needed, required) · he הֶכְרֵחִי (needed, required) · ang niedlic (needed, required) · ja 必要 (needed, required) · sk nevyhnutný (such as must be) · cs potřebný (needed, required) · gd deatamach (needed, required) · ps اړين (needed, required) · de notwendig (needed, required) · kmr pêdivî (needed, required) · ang oferneod (needed, required) · tr elzem (needed, required) · hac پنەۋیس (needed, required) · fi tärkeä (needed, required) · bn দরকার (needed, required) · el απαραίτητος (needed, required) · uk немину́чий (needed, required) · bn প্রয়োজনীয় (needed, required) · ja 当然の (such as must be) · ug لازىم (needed, required) · bn প্রয়োজন (needed, required) · he נָחוּץ (needed, required) · br dav (needed, required) · id perlu (needed, required) · ang niedbeþearf (needed, required) · ja 必然的な (such as must be) · fa واجب (needed, required) · la necesse (needed, required) · th จำเป็น (needed, required) · hrx nedich (needed, required) · gl preciso (needed, required) · et tarvilik (needed, required) · my လိုအပ် (needed, required) · ang niedbehæfdlic (needed, required) · sk nutný (needed, required) · am አስፈላጊ (needed, required) · cu неволꙗ (needed, required) · de geboten (such as must be) · acw لازم (needed, required) · ang niedþearf (needed, required) · kk қажет (needed, required) · vi cần (needed, required) · fa بایسته (needed, required) · ru ну́жный (needed, required) · ky керектүү (needed, required) · arz لازم (needed, required) · uz zaruriy (needed, required)