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necessity
noun(ne-ces-si-ty)
the quality or state of being necessary
necessity
noun(ne-ces-si-ty)
pressure of circumstance
necessity
noun(ne-ces-si-ty)
physical or moral compulsion
necessity
idiom(ne-ces-si-ty)
—used to say that new ways to do things are found or created when there is a strong and special need for them
necessity
noun phrase(ne-ces-si-ty)
a thing that a person must have in order to survive
necessity
idiom(ne-ces-si-ty)
established because it was necessary in some way
necessity
idiom(ne-ces-si-ty)
because of conditions that cannot be changed
necessity
idiom(ne-ces-si-ty)
to benefit from something that one is forced to do
necessity
idiom(ne-ces-si-ty)
because of conditions that cannot be changed : because it is necessary

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