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Definitions of necessary

1. Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station. Webster Dictionary DB

2. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

3. A thing which can not be done without. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

4. A requisite-used chiefly in pl. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

5. Something indispensable. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

6. Something necessary; an essential requisite. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

7. Something necessary; a domestic convenience. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

8. Something indispensable; an essential. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

9. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

10. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Webster Dictionary DB

11. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; - opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. Webster Dictionary DB

12. That can not be otherwise; not to be done without; essential; indispensable; as, food is necessary to life; not to be avoided. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

13. Needful: unavoidable: indispensable: not free. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

14. Indispensable; unavoidable. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

15. Being such that it must exist, occur, or be true; essential; unavoidable. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

16. That must be or cannot be otherwise; indispensable; essential; inevitable; acting from necessity. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

17. That cannot be otherwise; inevitable; essential; acting from necessity or compulsion; decisive by logical consequences. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for necessary

1. In order to love human things, it is necessary to know them. – The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

2. The spring almost came again, before he was strong, and it was then necessary to take a change. – Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies