Definitions for necessary

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necessary nec·es·sar·y

Spelling: [nes-uh-ser-ee]

IPA: /ˈnɛs əˌsɛr i/

Necessary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in necessary (aceenrssy).

Definitions for necessary

noun

1. something necessary or required for a particular purpose; necessity.
2. necessaries, Law. food, clothing, etc., required by a dependent or incompetent and varying with his or her social or economic position or that of the person upon whom he or she is dependent.
3. Chiefly New England. a privy or toilet.

adjective

1. being essential, indispensable, or requisite:
2. happening or existing by necessity:
3. acting or proceeding from compulsion or necessity; not free; involuntary:
4. Logic. (of a proposition) such that a denial of it involves a self-contradiction. (of an inference or argument) such that its conclusion cannot be false if its supporting premises are true. (of a condition) such that it must exist if a given event is to occur or a given thing is to exist. Compare sufficient (def 2).

Origin of necessary

1300-50; Middle English necessarie Latin necessārius unavoidable, inevitable, needful, equivalent to necess(e) (neuter indeclinable adj.) unavoidable, necessary + -ārius -

Examples for necessary

In the meantime, I will go to Chatterton, and take all necessary precautions.

The necessary papers were made out and given to the Marshal.

However, we have just had a necessary wake-up call that all is not as secure as we believed.

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.

It is not necessary to dwell on every incident of this terrible journey.

He could order the Justice Department to begin the necessary regulatory work.

But as is her way, Kaling defended why the episode was not only funny, but necessary.

They look so beautifully, if it only were not necessary to eat them.

Unfortunately, the underground tunnels that were used to transport booze and, if necessary, escaping patrons, are off-limits.

It will not be necessary to repeat in detail the course of my examination.