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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
Jack Antonoff

Meaning of "necessary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NECESSARY

From Latin necessārius indispensable, from necesse unavoidable.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NECESSARY

necessary  [ˈnɛsɪsərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NECESSARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Necessary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NECESSARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Necessary

Necessary or necessity may refer to: ▪ Need ▪ An action somebody may feel they must do ▪ An important task or essential thing to do at a particular time or by a particular moment ▪ Necessary and sufficient condition, in logic, something that is a required condition for something else to be the case ▪ Necessary truth, in logic, something that cannot fail to be true ▪ Necessity, in criminal law ▪ A bathroom or toilet, in some languages ▪ An economic need enunciated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 Second Bill of Rights ▪ A necessity in contract law ▪ Necessary Records, UK record label...

Definition of necessary in the English dictionary

The first definition of necessary in the dictionary is needed to achieve a certain desired effect or result; required. Other definition of necessary is resulting from necessity; inevitable. Necessary is also true under all interpretations or in all possible circumstances.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NECESSARY


anniversary
ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ
commissary
ˈkɒmɪsərɪ
decisory
dɪˈsaɪsərɪ
derisory
dɪˈraɪsərɪ
dimissory
dɪˈmɪsərɪ
dismissory
dɪsˈmɪsərɪ
embracery
ɪmˈbreɪsərɪ
emissary
ˈɛmɪsərɪ
fideicommissary
ˌfɪdɪaɪˈkɒmɪsərɪ
grocery
ˈɡrəʊsərɪ
irrisory
ɪˈraɪsərɪ
janissary
ˈdʒænɪsərɪ
persuasory
pəˈsweɪsərɪ
promissory
ˈprɒmɪsərɪ
remissory
rɪˈmɪsərɪ
rescissory
rɪˈsɪsərɪ
rotisserie
rəʊˈtɪsərɪ
spicery
ˈspaɪsərɪ
tracery
ˈtreɪsərɪ
unnecessary
ʌnˈnɛsɪsərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NECESSARY

necessaire
necessarian
necessarianism
necessaries
necessarily
necessariness
necessary condition
necessitarian
necessitarianism
necessitate
necessitation
necessitative
necessitied
necessities
necessitous
necessitously
necessitousness
necessity
neck
neck and neck

WORDS THAT END LIKE NECESSARY

A bursary
accessary
adversary
B bursary
bursary
caravansary
Cheboksary
diamond anniversary
diaphragm pessary
dispensary
do the necessary
glossary
golden wedding anniversary
pessary
rosary
tertiary bursary
the necessary
wedding anniversary

Synonyms and antonyms of necessary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NECESSARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «necessary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of necessary

Translation of «necessary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NECESSARY

Find out the translation of necessary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of necessary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «necessary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

必要的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

necesario
570 millions of speakers

English

necessary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवश्यक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضَرُورِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обязательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

necessário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রয়োজনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nécessaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perlu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

notwendig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

必要な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

필요한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perlu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cần thiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवश्यक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

necessario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konieczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необхідний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necesar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαραίτητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nodig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nödvändig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nødvendig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of necessary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NECESSARY»

The term «necessary» is very widely used and occupies the 2.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NECESSARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «necessary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «necessary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about necessary

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10 QUOTES WITH «NECESSARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word necessary.
1
Grace Abbott
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. But acknowledging that there is a link between Islam and terror is appropriate and necessary.
3
Jack Antonoff
Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
4
Saint Basil
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
5
Max Baucus
If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.
6
Yehuda Berg
If we each take responsibility in shifting our own behavior, we can trigger the type of change that is necessary to achieve sustainability for our race or this planet. We change our planet, our environment, our humanity every day, every year, every decade, and every millennia.
7
Kenneth Branagh
I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.
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Deborah Bull
But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.
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Jack Canfield
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
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Karel Capek
If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NECESSARY»

Discover the use of necessary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to necessary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vietnam: The Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's ...
Offering a controversial perspective on America's most painful war, the author proposes that Vietnam should have been fought, but with different tactics.
Michael Lind, 2002
2
Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide
In this witty and wide-ranging book, Maureen Dowd looks at the state of the sexual union, raising bold questions and examining everything from economics and politics to pop culture and the "why?" of the Y chromosome.
Maureen Dowd, 2005
3
Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and ...
In Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst turns her considerable talents to a serious and far-reaching subject: how we grow and change through the losses that are a certain and necessary part of life.
Judith Viorst, 2010
4
Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and ...
Necessary Endings gives readers the tools they need to say good-bye and move on.
Henry Cloud, 2011
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A Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate Over the Constitution
By the early decades of the nineteenth century, Americans wondered, if slavery had become a necessary evil - economically essential but morally reprehensible.
John P. Kaminski, 1995
6
Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
While individual journalists strive to abide by high standards of professionalism and integrity in their work, their paymasters - the media corporations - ultimately decide what we view, hear and read.Rigorously documented, Necessary ...
Noam Chomsky, 1989
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A Necessary Evil (A Maggie O'Dell Novel - Book 5)
When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings.
Alex Kava, 2012
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A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
In A Necessary Evil, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills shows that distrust of government is embedded deep in the American psyche.
Garry Wills, 2013
9
Necessary Conditions: Theory, Methodology, and Applications
This volume brings together under one cover essential work that deals not only with the analysis of common methodological, logical, and research design errors, but also the proper means to analyse the many ramifications of necessary ...
Gary Goertz, Harvey Starr, 2002
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Necessary Goods: Our Responsibilities to Meet Others' Needs
A collection of papers which consider the moral force of needs in contemporary discourse through an analysis of the nature of obligation and moral interest from a variety of different theoretical perspectives.
Gillian Brock, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NECESSARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term necessary is used in the context of the following news items.
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An NBA agent writes about why agents are necessary
I recently read a piece by NFL player Russell Okung for The Players' Tribune about why he didn't need an agent and I have to say I agree with ... «Hoops Hype, Jul 15»
2
Was Bland's arrest necessary?
First, was her arrest necessary or avoidable? Second, did she commit suicide in that Waller County Jail? The two questions are necessarily ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
3
Beijing should intervene in markets 'when necessary': Communist …
"When abnormal volatility and irregularities arise, we must be resolute in taking action and measures when necessary, without hesitation," the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
4
Jessica Lawson: Managers at the holiday camp 'took every measure …
Managers at the holiday camp where 12-year-old Jessica Lawson died on a school trip "took every measure necessary" to ensure safety. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Shell gets permits necessary for limited oil exploratory drilling off …
The department had given a conditional OK to Shell's drilling plan in May, pending the company's ability to obtain all necessary permits from ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
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Turkey to take 'all necessary measures' to protect national security …
ANKARA Turkey will take "all necessary measures" to protect public order and national security following attacks by Islamic State and Kurdish ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
7
A necessary heretic
Last week, the long-awaited new book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates finally hit shelves. Its release was moved up from ... «Baptist News Global, Jul 15»
8
Resounding response necessary to police commissioner's question!
JAMAICANS have not reacted with the kind of sense of purpose or stridency required to show the brutal gunmen running rampant in our land ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
9
FAA assessing if corrective action necessary for fuselage scratches
The US FAA says it is assessing whether any required corrective actions are necessary after fuselage scratches were identified under the ... «Runway Girl Network, Jul 15»
10
Expect delays on Lawson Road as crews complete necessary
To accommodate the necessary upgrades, lane closures may be implemented. In an attempt to mitigate the disruption to traffic, weekend or ... «InsideHalton.com, Jul 15»

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