necessity
Meaning of necessity
- the state or fact of being required.
the necessity of providing parental guidance
- an indispensable thing.
a good book is a necessity when travelling
- the principle according to which something must be so, by virtue either of logic or of natural law.
late Middle English: from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitas, from necesse ‘be needful’.
Information about necessity
- It is a name.
- The plural form of necessity is: necessities.
- Languages in which necessity is used:
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Hyphenation of necessity
ne-ces-sity
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- necessity is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
necessity synonyms
Meaning essential:
essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
Meaning a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist:
Meaning a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based:
Meaning the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill:
Meaning something that is needed or wanted:
Meaning circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity:
Translation of necessity
- French: nécessité
- German: Notwendigkeit
Anagrams of necessity
Words that rhyme with necessity
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