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[ adjective ] absolutely essential
Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)It must be conceded that his native_land provided Prokofieff with many_of the necessary conditions for great creative incentive : (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Salesmanship is still necessary , but it 's a different brand of salesmanship . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)How efficient and necessary are your intra company vehicles ? (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)How much will it cost to do any necessary modernizing and redecorating ? (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Those who feared `` emotionalism '' at the Trial showed less understanding than Dr._Servatius of the route by which man achieves the distance necessary for fairness toward enemies . Related terms unnecessary needed essential obligatory essential indispensable obligatory necessity |
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[ adjective ] unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
Examples "the necessary consequences of one's actions" Used in print (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)To do so , he finds it necessary to examine the relevant parts of the phonology thoroughly and in_detail . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26227
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[ noun ] anything indispensable
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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