necessary

/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ//ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/

noun

  1. 1

    (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

adjective

  1. 1

    Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

    Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.
  2. 2

    Unavoidable, inevitable.

    If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.
  3. 3

    Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

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