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necessary meaning

EN[ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi]
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WNecessary
  • Necessary or necessity may refer to: Need An action somebody may feel they must do An important task or essential thing to do at a particular time or by a particular moment Necessary and sufficient condition, in logic, something that is a required condition for something else to be the case
  • NounPLnecessariesSUF-ary
    1. (archaic, Britain) bathroom, toilet, loo.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore necessarySUPmost necessary
      1. needed, required.
        1. Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
          1. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.
            1. Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • To the east the effect of the old buildings looking towards the abbey (see Frontispiece once more) is so fine that little need be done beyond the necessary repair and reharling of these.
            • It may be necessary to meet in private with one or more of the senior staff to remind them that the organization is looking to build teams, not turfdoms.
            • Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • To alleviate the problem of naming genes, reannotation of genes and proteins using a set of common, controlled vocabulary to describe a gene or protein is necessary.
            • I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.
            • It is known that wild birds — especially waterfowl and shorebirds — are the main and primary reservoir of AIV in nature which makes epizootological monitoring of populations of these birds necessary.

        Meaning of necessary for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "necessary" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
            Difficultness: Level 1
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