Necessary
adjective
Required to be done or achieved because it's important or essential.
It is necessary to wear a mask during the pandemic.
Often appears as...
- necessary precaution
- necessary steps
adjective
Inevitable or unavoidable due to natural or logical laws.
Death is a necessary part of life.
Often appears as...
- necessary consequence
- necessary result
adjective
Something you must have or do, even if it's not very pleasant or enjoyable.
Exercise is a necessary evil if you want to stay fit.
Often appears as...
- necessary evil
- necessary discomfort
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Colloquial
noun
An essential item or requirement.
Food and water are basic necessaries for survival.
Often appears as...
- basic necessaries
- essential necessaries
adjective
Required to be done or achieved because it's important or essential.
It is necessary to wear a mask during the pandemic.
Often appears as...
- necessary precaution
- necessary steps
adjective
Inevitable or unavoidable due to natural or logical laws.
Death is a necessary part of life.
Often appears as...
- necessary consequence
- necessary result
adjective
Something you must have or do, even if it's not very pleasant or enjoyable.
Exercise is a necessary evil if you want to stay fit.
Often appears as...
- necessary evil
- necessary discomfort
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
An essential item or requirement.
Food and water are basic necessaries for survival.
Often appears as...
- basic necessaries
- essential necessaries
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Pro Tip 1/2Imposed Requirement
Describes something that rules or laws demand.
Safety helmets are necessary on construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/2Practical Importance
Highlights practical steps or things you can't do without for a goal.
Regular practice is necessary to master a language.
Pro Tip 1/2Imposed Requirement
Describes something that rules or laws demand.
Safety helmets are necessary on construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/2Practical Importance
Highlights practical steps or things you can't do without for a goal.
Regular practice is necessary to master a language.
Pro Tip 1/2Imposed Requirement
Describes something that rules or laws demand.
Safety helmets are necessary on construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/2Practical Importance
Highlights practical steps or things you can't do without for a goal.
Regular practice is necessary to master a language.
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What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
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Why do people get so...
That can build the numerical skills that help students approach math with confidence later on. Importantly, you should give children the time and space to work through their answers. And if you're an administrator, make sure your teachers have the positive attitudes and mathematical confidence necessary
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How do animals...
Animals are clearly important to us, so it's equally important that we avoid causing them unnecessary pain. For animals that are similar to us, like mammals, it's often obvious when they're hurting. But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them.
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A message of peace, hope...
what would you say to them I'd say where are you getting your information from we just heard from Christina about truth about the need for a code of conduct regard you know in in the media they're necessary let me sing with that which is missing and I would say where you
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What is bipolar...
For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible.
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Does grammar matter? -...
while descriptivists see variation and adaptation as a natural and necessary part of language. For much of history, the vast majority of language was spoken. But as people became more interconnected and writing gained importance,
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Larry Smith: Why you...
it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate all of the women he had auditioned for the part. But the point stands. You must look for alternatives so that you find your destiny, or are you afraid of the word "destiny"?
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Is math discovered or...
developed in a vacuum, often with no view towards describing any physical phenomena, have proven decades or even centuries later, to be the framework necessary to explain how the universe has been working all along.
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A Collection Of Wild...
completely third a necessary protection against frostbite and their legs have a built-in arterial bypass that keeps heat in the upper body where it's most needed
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50 Years Ago, This Was a...
I believe it's to take care of it and to share it and if you don't share what you have you're gonna live a lonely life that is a necessary ingredient for every
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What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
Video examples
Why do people get so...
That can build the numerical skills that help students approach math with confidence later on. Importantly, you should give children the time and space to work through their answers. And if you're an administrator, make sure your teachers have the positive attitudes and mathematical confidence necessary
Video examples
How do animals...
Animals are clearly important to us, so it's equally important that we avoid causing them unnecessary pain. For animals that are similar to us, like mammals, it's often obvious when they're hurting. But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them.
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A message of peace, hope...
what would you say to them I'd say where are you getting your information from we just heard from Christina about truth about the need for a code of conduct regard you know in in the media they're necessary let me sing with that which is missing and I would say where you
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What is bipolar...
For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible.
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Does grammar matter? -...
while descriptivists see variation and adaptation as a natural and necessary part of language. For much of history, the vast majority of language was spoken. But as people became more interconnected and writing gained importance,
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Larry Smith: Why you...
it was perhaps not necessary to enumerate all of the women he had auditioned for the part. But the point stands. You must look for alternatives so that you find your destiny, or are you afraid of the word "destiny"?
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Is math discovered or...
developed in a vacuum, often with no view towards describing any physical phenomena, have proven decades or even centuries later, to be the framework necessary to explain how the universe has been working all along.
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A Collection Of Wild...
completely third a necessary protection against frostbite and their legs have a built-in arterial bypass that keeps heat in the upper body where it's most needed
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50 Years Ago, This Was a...
I believe it's to take care of it and to share it and if you don't share what you have you're gonna live a lonely life that is a necessary ingredient for every
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
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Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
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Mother Teresa
Albanian Saint
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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Cher
American Musician
It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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John Keats
English Poet
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
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Anais Nin
American Author
Dreams are necessary to life.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
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Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
I know that millions of Americans from all walks of life agree with me that leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
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Mother Teresa
Albanian Saint
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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Cher
American Musician
It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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John Keats
English Poet
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
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Anais Nin
American Author
Dreams are necessary to life.
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