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NECESSARY
necessary
(adjective) unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; “the necessary consequences of one’s actions”
necessary
(adjective) absolutely essential
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Necessary (plural Necessarys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Necessary is the 24554th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Necessary is most common among White (96.95%) individuals.
Etymology
Adjective
necessary (comparative more necessary, superlative most necessary)
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
Synonym: Thesaurus:requisite
Antonym: unnecessary
Unavoidable, inevitable.
Synonyms: inevitable, natural
Antonyms: evitable, incidental, impossible
(obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
Noun
necessary (plural necessaries)
(UK, archaic euphemism, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
Synonyms
• See bathroom
Source: Wiktionary
Nec"es*sa*ry, a. Etym: [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire.]
1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shak.
2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. Tillotson.
3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
Nec"es*sa*ry, n.; pl. Necessaries (.
1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.
2. A privy; a water-closet.
3. pl. (Law)
Definition: Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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