necessary

/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ//ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/
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noun

1. (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

adjective

1. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

"Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist."

Antonyms: unnecessary

2. Unavoidable, inevitable.

"If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account."

Synonyms: inevitable, natural
Antonyms: evitable, impossible, incidental

3. Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

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