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ne·ces·si·tate
(nə-sĕs′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates
1. To make necessary or unavoidable.
2. To require or compel.
[Medieval Latin necessitāre, necessitāt-, from Latin necessitās, necessity; see necessity.]
ne·ces′si·ta′tion n.
ne·ces′si·ta′tive adj.
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necessitate
(nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt)vb (tr)
1. to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result
2. (usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)
neˌcessiˈtation n
neˈcessiˌtative adj
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ne•ces•si•tate
(nəˈsɛs ɪˌteɪt)v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
1. to make necessary or unavoidable.
2. to compel, oblige, or force.
[1620–30; < Medieval Latin necessitātus, past participle of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate1]
ne•ces`si•ta′tion, n.
ne•ces′si•ta`tive, adj.
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necessitate
Past participle: necessitated
Gerund: necessitating
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| Verb | 1. | necessitate - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation" |
| 2. | necessitate - cause to be a concomitant entail, mean, imply - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
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necessitate
verb compel, force, involve, demand, require, call for, exact, oblige, warrant, entail, constrain, impel, be grounds for, make necessary A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing.
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necessitate
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Translations
يَسْتَلْزِم، يَتَطَلَّب
vynutit si
nødvendiggøre
szükségessé tesz
útheimta; gera nauîsynlegt
vynútiť si
gerektirmekzorunlu kılmak
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necessitate
[nəˈsɛsɪteɪt] vt → nécessiterIt would necessitate strong measures → Cela nécessiterait des mesures fortes.
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necessitate
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necessary
(ˈnesisəri) adjective needed; essential. Is it necessary to sign one's name?; I shall do all that is necessary.
ˌnecesˈsarily (-ˈse-) adverbnecessitate (niˈsesiteit) verb
to make necessary. Re-building the castle would necessitate spending a lot of money.
necessity (niˈsesəti) – plural neˈcessities – noun something needed or essential. Food is one of the necessities of life.
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