necessary

Words with a similar base: necessary

'necessary'

[necessity.n.02] as in: anything indispensable

Examples:
food and shelter are necessities of life
the essentials of the good life
allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained

'necessary'

[necessary.a.01] as in: absolutely essential

'necessary'

[necessary.s.01] as in: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

Examples:
the necessary consequences of one's actions

Origins

					necessary (English)
└── necessarye (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── necessaire (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── necessarius (Latin)
            ├── -arius (Latin)
            └── necesse (Latin)

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