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NECESSITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything indispensable
Example:
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
Synonyms:
essential; necessary; necessity; requirement; requisite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("necessity" is a kind of...):
thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necessity"):
desideratum (something desired as a necessity)
must (a necessary or essential thing)
need; want (anything that is necessary but lacking)
Derivation:
necessary (absolutely essential)
necessitate (require as useful, just, or proper)
necessitous (poor enough to need help from others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of being essential or indispensable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("necessity" is a kind of...):
demand; need (a condition requiring relief)
Attribute:
necessary (absolutely essential)
unnecessary; unneeded (not necessary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necessity"):
requisiteness (the state of being absolutely required)
urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)
Derivation:
necessary (absolutely essential)
necessitate (require as useful, just, or proper)
Context examples:
A single undivided thing (unit) based on or subject to individual judgment or preference, and not by necessity, reason, or principle.
(Arbitrary Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
They focused on agents that could both kill DIPG cells and cross the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier, a necessity for a drug to be effective against DIPG in patients.
(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)
Not only was White Fang adaptable by nature, but he had travelled much, and knew the meaning and necessity of adjustment.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is likely to hold him away.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were chained to the cabin by the necessity of guarding their prisoner.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Couldn’t see the necessity for it, nor the common sense.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Mars has water vapor and plenty of frozen water, but the presence of liquid water on the neighboring planet, a necessity for all known life, has not been confirmed.
(NASA spacecraft observes further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, NASA)
Although it was originally used to predict mortality during surgery, it is now used to determine the prognosis, as well as the required strength of treatment and the necessity of liver transplantation.
(Child-Pugh Classification, NCI Thesaurus)
Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Shopping alone for clothes, household necessities, or groceries.
(FAQ-NACC Version - Shop Alone, NCI Thesaurus)
The lack of necessity for CD8+ T cells indicates the process is not one of conventional acquired immunity.
(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
