ALL meanings of necessity
ne·ces·si·ty
N n - noun necessity The fact of being required or indispensable. 1
- noun plural necessity something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. 1
- noun plural necessity the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing. 1
- noun plural necessity an imperative requirement or need for something: the necessity for a quick decision. 1
- noun plural necessity the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: to face the necessity of testifying in court. 1
- noun plural necessity an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something: not by choice but by necessity. 1
- noun plural necessity a state of being in financial need; poverty: a family in dire necessity. 1
- noun plural necessity Philosophy. the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws. 1
- idioms necessity of necessity, as an inevitable result; unavoidably; necessarily: Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while. 1
- noun necessity need for sth 1
- noun necessity sth unavoidable 1
- noun necessity emergency requirement 1
- noun necessity sth useful 1
- noun necessity sth needed 1
- noun necessity poverty 1
- uncountable noun necessity The necessity of something is the fact that it must happen or exist. 0
- countable noun necessity A necessity is something that you must have in order to live properly or do something. 0
- countable noun necessity A situation or action that is a necessity is necessary and cannot be avoided. 0
- noun necessity something needed for a desired result; prerequisite 0
- noun necessity a condition or set of circumstances, such as physical laws or social rules, that inevitably requires a certain result 0
- noun necessity the state or quality of being obligatory or unavoidable 0
- noun necessity urgent requirement, as in an emergency or misfortune 0
- noun necessity poverty or want 0
- noun necessity compulsion through laws of nature; fate 0
- noun necessity a condition, principle, or conclusion that cannot be otherwise 0
- noun necessity the constraining force of physical determinants on all aspects of life 0
- noun necessity the property of being necessary 0
- noun necessity a statement asserting that some property is essential or statement is necessarily true 0
- noun necessity the operator that indicates that the expression it modifies is true in all possible worlds 0
- noun necessity the power of natural law that cannot be other than it is; natural causation; physical compulsion placed on man by nature; fate 0
- noun necessity anything that is inevitable, unavoidable, etc. as a result of natural law; that which is necessary in natural sequence 0
- noun necessity the compulsion or constraint of man-made circumstances, habit, custom, law, etc.; logical or moral conditions making certain actions inevitable or obligatory 0
- noun necessity what is required by this social or legal compulsion 0
- noun necessity great or imperative need 0
- noun necessity something that cannot be done without; necessary thing 0
- noun necessity the state or quality of being necessary 0
- noun necessity want; poverty 0