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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
necessity /nɪˈsɛsɪti/
▶noun (pl. necessities)
- 1 the state or fact of being necessary.
- 2 an indispensable thing.
– origin ME: from OFr. necessite, from L. necessitas, from necesse ‘be needful’.
'necessity' also found in these Oxford entries:
alethic
- angary
- anthropic principle
- be
- brute
- contingency
- contingent
- enforce
- free will
- interfere
- logical necessity
- modal verb
- need
- non-interference
- pill
- pleasure
- reduce
- tautology
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business "bathroom" "necessity"
by necessity
describing necessity
military necessity made necessary...?
must as obligation or necessity
necessity for a demand
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity of 'to'
Necessity of / Need for
Necessity of hyphenations?
necessity/advice: Are both possible in this context?
need / necessity
organic necessity?
out of necessity
Out of necessity and for fun
should as logical necessity
The necessity of (something) along with (other things) <has, have> ...
The necessity to set about
they had to stress that material necessity made him a portrait painter
We hereby waive the necessity of your demanding
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