necessity

  • 51necessity is the mother of invention — our needs cause us to invent devices, build a better mousetrap    Do you think the invention of TV proves that necessity is the mother of invention? …

    English idioms

  • 52Necessity is the mother of invention. — something that you say which means that if you want to do something very much you will think of a way to do it. We can t afford expensive paper to paint on so we use old envelopes and newspaper. They do say necessity is the mother of invention …

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  • 53necessity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Anglo French necessité, from Latin necessitat , necessitas, from necesse Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being necessary 2. a. pressure of circumstance b. physical or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 54necessity — noun /nɪˈsɛsəti/ a) The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. b) The condition of… …

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  • 55necessity — ne·ces·si·ty (nə sesґĭ te) something necessary or indispensable …

    Medical dictionary

  • 56necessity — Synonyms and related words: absolute certainty, absoluteness, act of God, assurance, assuredness, bare cupboard, bare necessities, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, call, call for, cause, certain knowledge, certainness, certainty,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 57necessity — ne ces·si·ty || nɪ sesÉ™tɪ n. essential; indispensability; obligation; need, requirement; poverty …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58necessity — nyd …

    English to the Old English

  • 59necessity — [nɪ sɛsɪti] noun (plural necessities) 1》 the state or fact of being necessary. 2》 an indispensable thing. Origin ME: from OFr. necessite, from L. necessitas, from necesse be needful …

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  • 60necessity — n. 1. Unavoidableness, inevitableness. 2. Compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible force, overruling power. 3. Indispensableness, indispensability, need. 4. Need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing want. 5. Requirement, requisite,… …

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