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Definition of Necessary

1. Noun. Anything indispensable. "A place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

2. Adjective. Absolutely essential.

3. Adjective. Unavoidably determined by prior circumstances. "The necessary consequences of one's actions"

Definition of Necessary

1. a. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

2. n. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

Definition of Necessary

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Medical Definition of Necessary

1. 1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. "Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come." (Shak) 2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." "A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds." (Tillotson) 3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. Origin: L. Necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. Necessaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necessary

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