Necessitate
verb
To make necessary or required.
The heavy rainfall necessitated the postponement of the picnic.
Often appears as...
- necessitate a change
- necessitate a response
verb
To force or compel someone or something to do something.
His disability necessitates the use of a wheelchair.
Often appears as...
- necessitate intervention
- necessitate caution
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To make necessary or required.
The heavy rainfall necessitated the postponement of the picnic.
Often appears as...
- necessitate a change
- necessitate a response
verb
To force or compel someone or something to do something.
His disability necessitates the use of a wheelchair.
Often appears as...
- necessitate intervention
- necessitate caution
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Causal Relationship
Use 'necessitate' to indicate a situation has caused another action or condition to become necessary.
The new regulations necessitated a revision of our training program.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Context
'Necessitate' is more commonly used in formal or official situations and documents.
The data breach necessitated a review of our security protocols.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal
It's mostly used for impersonal subjects, not to describe personal needs or wants.
The system failure necessitated an immediate upgrade.
Pro Tip 1/3Causal Relationship
Use 'necessitate' to indicate a situation has caused another action or condition to become necessary.
The new regulations necessitated a revision of our training program.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Context
'Necessitate' is more commonly used in formal or official situations and documents.
The data breach necessitated a review of our security protocols.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal
It's mostly used for impersonal subjects, not to describe personal needs or wants.
The system failure necessitated an immediate upgrade.
Pro Tip 1/3Causal Relationship
Use 'necessitate' to indicate a situation has caused another action or condition to become necessary.
The new regulations necessitated a revision of our training program.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Context
'Necessitate' is more commonly used in formal or official situations and documents.
The data breach necessitated a review of our security protocols.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal
It's mostly used for impersonal subjects, not to describe personal needs or wants.
The system failure necessitated an immediate upgrade.
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The science and...
that she drew the trial of nesting exhibits significant commitment on behalf of her young female sea turtles nest on the beach way up beyond the high tide line necessitating it somewhat particularly in efforts to crawl up the beach dig and nesting pit cover the net lay her eggs cover the nest and then
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Sheikha Al Mayassa:...
of globalizing the local and localizing the global. We don't want to be all the same, but we want to respect each other and understand each other. And therefore tradition becomes more important, not less important. Life necessitates a universal world,
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as white people flocked to more racially homogenous areas in a phenomenon known as “white flight.” The suburbs spread, replacing native ecosystems with miles of pavement and water-guzzling lawns. And their diffuse layout necessitated car travel.
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How the coronavirus...
closings the quarantines the reopening zuv travel all that would have happened much more effectively it would be a win-win-win if we could see that this is a global challenge been there for it would it would it necessitates a great global
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What if the poor were...
but instead have it outside in the corridors, simply because it gave them more space and it was cheaper. Now, professionals could have never thought of something like that. A formal design would have necessitated to have a toilet inside.
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Kabuki: The people's...
with young boys as actors. But when this was also banned for similar reasons, there was a transition to Yaro-Kabuki, performed by men, necessitating elaborate costumes and makeup for those playing female roles, or onnagata.
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My 105 Days in Taliban...
This, first and foremost, necessitates resettling refugees who are currently waiting in camps around the world, to reach a place that they can call home. It also calls upon the international community to increase quotas
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The deadly genius of...
and an institutional setup that forces the servicing of this market to necessitate violence to guarantee delivery routes. The second thing I want you to remember is that these are sophisticated, coherent organizations
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In medicine, people are connected as humans before they're identified as doctor and patient. But this method of enhancing perception -- it need not be disruptive, and it doesn't necessitate an overhaul in looking.
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Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
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The science and...
that she drew the trial of nesting exhibits significant commitment on behalf of her young female sea turtles nest on the beach way up beyond the high tide line necessitating it somewhat particularly in efforts to crawl up the beach dig and nesting pit cover the net lay her eggs cover the nest and then
Video examples
Sheikha Al Mayassa:...
of globalizing the local and localizing the global. We don't want to be all the same, but we want to respect each other and understand each other. And therefore tradition becomes more important, not less important. Life necessitates a universal world,
Video examples
Why are US cities still...
as white people flocked to more racially homogenous areas in a phenomenon known as “white flight.” The suburbs spread, replacing native ecosystems with miles of pavement and water-guzzling lawns. And their diffuse layout necessitated car travel.
Video examples
How the coronavirus...
closings the quarantines the reopening zuv travel all that would have happened much more effectively it would be a win-win-win if we could see that this is a global challenge been there for it would it would it necessitates a great global
Video examples
What if the poor were...
but instead have it outside in the corridors, simply because it gave them more space and it was cheaper. Now, professionals could have never thought of something like that. A formal design would have necessitated to have a toilet inside.
Video examples
Kabuki: The people's...
with young boys as actors. But when this was also banned for similar reasons, there was a transition to Yaro-Kabuki, performed by men, necessitating elaborate costumes and makeup for those playing female roles, or onnagata.
Video examples
My 105 Days in Taliban...
This, first and foremost, necessitates resettling refugees who are currently waiting in camps around the world, to reach a place that they can call home. It also calls upon the international community to increase quotas
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
and an institutional setup that forces the servicing of this market to necessitate violence to guarantee delivery routes. The second thing I want you to remember is that these are sophisticated, coherent organizations
Video examples
A lesson on looking PIPE...
In medicine, people are connected as humans before they're identified as doctor and patient. But this method of enhancing perception -- it need not be disruptive, and it doesn't necessitate an overhaul in looking.
Video examples
Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
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Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
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The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.
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Mass adoption of renewable energies would thus necessitate a fundamental reshaping of modern energy infrastructures.
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American Designer
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
You must pre-bake the bottom crust of a custard pie, but this is a tricky step in the pie-making process. Without the presence of filling the crust can slump down into the plate as it bakes, necessitating pie weights to help keep its shape. Then, once you remove the weights to blind bake the crust, the bottom puffs.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us all on the web each day, not to mention what is shared with us by our family, friends, fans, and followers. This necessitates the need to filter through all that information and to decide for ourselves where to put our attention.
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LZ Granderson
American Journalist
There is no way to physically always be there for your children and always be at the office and always be present for your significant other and then take care of yourself. The laws of physics necessitate that somebody or some thing is going to get the short end of the stick.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
An increasingly multipolar world requires an entirely different kind of U.S. foreign policy: far from being unilateralist, it necessitates a complex form of power-sharing on both a global and regional basis.
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Marie Stopes
Scottish Author
Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.
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Sting
British Musician
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
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Morris Raphael Cohen
Russian Philosopher
The picture which the philosopher draws of the world is surely not one in which every stroke is necessitated by pure logic.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
Mass adoption of renewable energies would thus necessitate a fundamental reshaping of modern energy infrastructures.
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Joe Gebbia
American Designer
A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.
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