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NOUN | 1 | necessity | The condition of being essential or indispensable |
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2 | necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary | Anything indispensable |
Sounds | nahseh'sahtiy; nahseh'sihtiy |
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Rhymes | ability, abnormality, absentee, and 620 more rhymes in tiy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The condition of being essential or indispensable. |
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Attributes | necessary; unnecessary, unneeded |
Narrower | requisiteness; urgency |
Broader | need, demand |
Verbs | necessitate |
Meaning | Anything indispensable. |
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Synonyms | essential, requirement, requisite, necessary |
Narrower | desideratum; must; need, want |
Broader | thing |
Contrary | inessential, nonessential |
Verbs | necessitate |