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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Necessity \Ne*ces"si*ty\, n.; pl. Necessities. [OE. necessite,
F. n['e]cessit['e], L. necessitas, fr. necesse. See
Necessary.]
1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or
absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.
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2. The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing
need; indigence; want.
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Urge the necessity and state of times. --Shak.
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The extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was
in. --Clarendon.
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3. That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite;
something indispensable; -- often in the plural.
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These should be hours for necessities,
Not for delights. --Shak.
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What was once to me
Mere matter of the fancy, now has grown
The vast necessity of heart and life. --Tennyson.
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4. That which makes an act or an event unavoidable;
irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical
or moral; fate; fatality.
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So spake the fiend, and with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
--Milton.
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5. (Metaph.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the
subjection of all phenomena, whether material or
spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
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Of necessity, by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or
irresistible power; perforce.
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Syn: See Need.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Necessity \Ne*ces"si*ty\, n.; pl. Necessities. [OE. necessite,
F. n['e]cessit['e], L. necessitas, fr. necesse. See
Necessary.]
1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or
absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.
2. The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing
need; indigence; want.
Urge the necessity and state of times. --Shak.
The extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was
in. --Clarendon.
3. That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite;
something indispensable; -- often in the plural.
These should be hours for necessities, Not for
delights. --Shak.
What was once to me Mere matter of the fancy, now
has grown The vast necessity of heart and life.
--Tennyson.
4. That which makes an act or an event unavoidable;
irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical
or moral; fate; fatality.
So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's
plea, excused his devilish deeds. --Milton.
5. (Metaph.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the
subjection of all phenomena, whether material or
spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
Of necessity, by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or
irresistible power; perforce.
Syn: See Need.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
n.
(plural of en necessity)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
n.
(plural of en necessity)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
n.
(plural of en necessity)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
n.
(plural of en necessity)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
Englanti n.
(en-monikko n ecessit ies)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
necessities
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst necessity)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
necessities'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst necessity)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
الضرورات
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
nutnosti
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
rheidiau
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
angenrheidiau
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
Notwendigkeiten
Synonym: needs
see: necessity, need, needfulness, dire necessity
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
necessities /nəsˈɛsɪtiz/
najpotrebnije stvari
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/nəˈsɛsɪtiz/
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
必需品
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