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necessity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | essential, necessary, requirement, requisite |
| Type of | thing |
| Has types | desideratum, must, want, need |
| Derivation | necessary, necessitate, necessitous |
necessity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | need, demand |
| Has types | requisiteness, urgency |
| Derivation | necessary, necessitate |
Examples of necessity
necessity
There should be an informed balance between choice, surgical necessity and risk.
From the bbc.co.uk
The road version was a necessity, sold to make the car eligible for competition.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I believe that this idea was born out of necessity by parents of small children.
From the edeneatseverything.com
Always proclaiming the necessity of peace, but insist peace only on their terms.
From the infowars.com
At the heart of the documentary project is the necessity for animals to be seen.
From the sciencedaily.com
I never could really see the necessity of raking leaves and getting rid of them.
From the post-gazette.com
He emphasizes the necessity to jump into passing lanes to intercept skip passes.
From the latimes.com
The meat department will also trim the tenderloin for you, which is a necessity.
From the dallasnews.com
The number of patrons kept growing, so did the necessity for expansion, he said.
From the sltrib.com
- The condition of being essential or indispensable
- 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"
- In U.S. criminal law, necessity may be either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. ...
- Modal logic is a type of formal logic that extends the standards of formal logic to include the elements of modality (for example, possibility and necessity). Modals qualify the truth of a judgment. ...
- In tort common law, the defense of necessity gives the State or an individual a privilege to take or use the property of another. A defendant typically invokes the defense of necessity only against the intentional torts of trespass to chattels, trespass to land, or conversion. ...
- The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want; That which is necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; ...
- (Necessities) those things that parents have a legal obligation to provide for their children and that one spouse has the responsibility to provide for the other. These usually include food, clothing, housing, and medical care.
- Differentia: Required to achieve some specific end
- Characteristic of an event in which there were no other logically or physically possible outcomes.
