necessity

Words with a similar base: necessity

'necessity'

[necessity.n.01] as in: the condition of being essential or indispensable

'necessity'

[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

Origins

					necessity (English)
└── necessite (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── necessite (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── necessitas (Latin)
            ├── -itas (Latin)
            └── necesse (Latin)

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