necessary
/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ//ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/
noun
- 1
(usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
adjective
- 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
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
Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
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