necessary (adj.)

  1. absolutely essential

    necessary (n.)

  1. anything indispensable; 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

    [ Syn: necessity , essential , requirement , requisite ]

    necessary (adj.)

  1. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; the necessary consequences of one's actions'

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