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  • 71necessary — adj. & n. adj. 1 requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the necessary documents). 2 determined, existing, or happening by natural laws, predestination, etc., not by free will; inevitable (a… …

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  • 72necessary, essential — These words are used interchangeably to mean indispensable or requisite for the fulfillment or accomplishment of something. What is necessary or essential cannot be done without, cannot be dispensed with: Water is necessary (or essential) to… …

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  • 73Necessary Existent — The Necessary Existent is part of some versions of the Ontological argument for the existence of God, an argument used particularly in Islamic and Christian religious traditions. Like the ontological argument itself, it is in the form of an a… …

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  • 74necessary —    (house)    obsolete    a lavatory    The Italian necessario or the French nécessaire:     ... the unlucky medicine chest played the same part that Martie Antoinette s nécessaire did in the escape to Vincennes. (N. Mitford, 1945)     A… …

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  • 75necessary — /ˈnɛsəsɛri / (say nesuhseree), /ˈnɛsəsri / (say nesuhsree) adjective 1. that cannot be dispensed with: a necessary law. 2. happening or existing by necessity. 3. acting or proceeding from compulsion or necessity; not free; involuntary: a… …

  • 76necessary house — noun chiefly dialect : privy * * * necessary house or necessary place noun (obsolete or dialect) A toilet • • • Main Entry: ↑necessary …

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  • 77necessary evil —    If you say that something is a necessary evil, you don t like it but you understand that it has to exist and be accepted.     Vaccinations are a necessary evil if you want to travel …

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  • 78necessary — adjective 1》 required to be done, achieved, or present; needed. 2》 inevitable: a necessary consequence.     ↘Philosophy inevitably resulting from the nature of things, so that the contrary is impossible.     ↘Philosophy (of an agent) having no… …

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  • 79necessary — adjective 1) planning permission is necessary Syn: obligatory, requisite, required, compulsory, mandatory, imperative, needed 2) a necessary consequence Syn: inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable …

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  • 80necessary litigation — Unavoidable litigation. Litigation required for the protection of person or property. Litigation is necessary in the sense of a statute providing that an executor or administrator shall be allowed reasonable attorneys fees in any necessary… …

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