necessary
necessary Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Required to be done, achieved, or present; needed; essential.
"Adequate sleep and proper nutrition are necessary for maintaining good health."
Determined, existing, or happening by natural laws, logic, or predestination; inevitable.
"Higher unemployment was a necessary consequence of the sudden economic downturn."
• noun
The basic requirements of life, such as food, warmth, and shelter (usually used in the plural).
"The charity distributed food, blankets, and other basic necessaries to the displaced families."
American An outhouse, privy, or lavatory (chiefly historical or regional).
"Behind the colonial farmhouse stood a brick necessary dating back to the eighteenth century."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessarius ('unavoidable, indispensable'), derived from necesse ('unavoidable'), literally meaning 'no backing away,' from ne- ('not') and cedere ('to yield or withdraw').