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ne·ces·si·ty  (n-ss-t)
n. pl. ne·ces·si·ties
1.
a. The condition or quality of being necessary.
b. Something necessary: The necessities of life include food, clothing, and shelter.
2.
a. Something dictated by invariable physical laws.
b. The force exerted by circumstance.
3. The state or fact of being in need.
4. Pressing or urgent need, especially that arising from poverty.
Idiom:
of necessity
As an inevitable consequence; necessarily.
[Middle English necessite, from Old French, from Latin necessits, from necesse, necessary; see necessary.]


necessity  /nssti/  n. -ties 1 a basic need or requirement in order to live: Water is a necessity for all life. 2 s.t. that must be done: It is a necessity that he have an operation to remove his appendix. 3 by or of necessity: unavoidably: By necessity, I must have a car, because there is no other way that I can go to work.

Thesaurus: necessity 1 a must, essential, condition 2 a matter of life and death | an imperative. Ant. an option. necessity
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