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| NOUN | 1 | necessity | The condition of being essential or indispensable |
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| 2 | necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary | Anything indispensable |
| Sounds | nahseh'sahtiy; nahseh'sihtiy |
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| Rhymes | ability, abnormality, absentee, and 620 more rhymes in tiy at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The condition of being essential or indispensable. |
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| Attributes | necessary; unnecessary, unneeded |
| Narrower | requisiteness; urgency |
| Broader | need, demand |
| Verbs | necessitate |
| Meaning | Anything indispensable. |
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| Synonyms | essential, requirement, requisite, necessary |
| Narrower | desideratum; must; need, want |
| Broader | thing |
| Contrary | inessential, nonessential |
| Verbs | necessitate |