necessary (ˈnɛsɪsərɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- needed to achieve a certain desired effect or result; required
- resulting from necessity; inevitable ⇒
the necessary consequences of your action
- logic
- (of a statement, formula, etc) true under all interpretations or in all possible circumstances
- (of a proposition) determined to be true by its meaning, so that its denial would be self-contradictory
- (of a property) essential, so that without it its subject would not be the entity it is
- (of an inference) always yielding a true conclusion when its premises are true; valid
- (of a condition) entailed by the truth of some statement or the obtaining of some state of affairs Compare sufficient (sense 2)
- philosophy (in a nonlogical sense) expressing a law of nature, so that if it is in this sense necessary that all As are B, even although it is not contradictory to conceive of an A which is not B, we are licensed to infer that if something were an A it would have to be B
- rare compelled, as by necessity or law; not free
noun
- See the necessary
- See do the necessary
See also
necessariesWord Origin
C14: from Latin necessārius indispensable, from necesse unavoidableSynonyms
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needed,
demanded,
required,
called for,
essential,
vital,
compulsory,
incumbent,
mandatory,
imperative,
indispensable,
obligatory,
requisite,
de rigueur,
of the essence,
needful,
must-have,
Translations
- British English:
necessary
Something that is necessary is needed to get a particular result or effect.We will do whatever is necessary.ˈnɛsɪsərɪ ADJECTIVE We will do whatever is necessary.
- Spanish:
necesario
adj necesaria
- French:
nécessaire
adj
- German:
notwendig
adj
- Chinese: 必要的 adj
- Arabic: ضَرُورِيّ adj
- Portuguese: necessário adj necessária
- Russian: обязательный adj обязательная
- Croatian: neophodan adj neophodna
- Czech: nezbytný adj
- Danish: nødvendig adj
- Dutch: nodig adj
- Finnish: välttämätön adj
- Greek: απαραίτητος adj απαραίτητη
- Italian: necessario adj necessaria
- Japanese: 必要な no_posp
- Korean: 필요한 adj
- Norwegian: nødvendig adj
- Polish: konieczny adj konieczna
- Brazilian Portuguese: necessário adj necessária
- European Spanish:
necesario
adj necesaria
- Swedish: nödvändig adj nödvändigt
- Thai: จำเป็น adj
- Turkish: gerekli adj
- Vietnamese: cần thiết adj
Usage examples
Right now, I'd suggest you go home and make whatever arrangements are necessary to cover your absence.
, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)This figure has increased from an earlier estimation made in 1994 that valued the work necessary to safely secure the building at £100,000.
Country Life (2004)However, Russian negotiators are pessimistic about their chances of persuading the Iraqi leader to do what is necessary.
Irish Times (2002)Nicoll said that the commission is necessary to cover the high cost of the face-to-face advice which the saver receives.
Glasgow Herald (2001)After appraising the blend Waterton doubted whether all the ingredients were necessary and he started investigating the effects of each.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)