Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - necessity
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Necessity
necessity
noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Anglo-French necessite, 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 moral compulsion c. impossibility of a contrary order or condition 3. the quality or state of being in need; especially poverty 4. a. something that is necessary ; requirement b. an urgent need or desire
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) indispensability (the necessity of a warm overcoat). 2 a state of things or circumstances enforcing a certain course (there was a necessity to hurry). 3 imperative need (necessity is the mother of invention). 4 want; poverty; hardship (stole because of necessity). 5 constraint or compulsion regarded as a natural law governing all human action. Phrases and idioms of necessity unavoidably. Etymology: ME f. OF necessit{eacute} f. L necessitas -tatis f. necesse needful ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) необходимость 2) нужда 3) потребность - absolute necessity - causal necessity - conditional necessity - hypothetical necessity - logical necessity - mathematical necessity - necessity operation - necessity sign - proof of necessity NECESSITY OPERATION матем. операция необходимости ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. 1) необходимость, настоятельная потребность private necessity — личная необходимость 2) неизбежность 3) нужда, бедность, нищета • - absolute necessity - articles of prime necessity - certificate of necessity - certificate of public convenience and necessity - defence of extreme necessity - military necessity - nature-imposed necessity - public necessity Syn: need, requirement ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. необходимость, нужда, настоятельная потребность of necessity —- по необходимости necessity for a decision —- неотложная необходимость принять решения in case of necessity —- в случае необходимости there is no necessity —- нет никакой необходимости (нужды) a necessity for action —- необходимость действовать it is a necessity to me —- я без этого не могу обойтись special necessities of the region —- особые нужды данного района in accordance with the necessities of the times —- в соответствии с требованиями времени to do smth. of necessity, to be under the necessity of doing smth. —- быть вынужденным сделать что-л. 2. неизбежность; неотвратимость logical necessity —- логически неизбежный вывод; логическая необходимость of necessity —- непременно, неизбежно it must of necessity be discovered —- это неизбежно должно раскрыться to bow (to submit) to necessity —- принять неизбежное 3. предмет первой необходимости (также prime necessity) household necessities —- предметы домашнего обихода food and warmth are necessities —- без еды и тепла нельзя жить 4. нужда, бедность to be in great necessity —- нуждаться, жить в крайней бедности 5. филос. необходимость necessity and chance —- необходимость и случайность 6. причинная обусловленность doctrine of necessity —- детерминизм Id: to make a virtue of necessity —- делать вид, что действуешь добровольно Id: necessity is the mother of...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(necessities) 1. The necessity of something is the fact that it must happen or exist. There is agreement on the necessity of reforms... Most women, like men, work from economic necessity... Some people have to lead stressful lifestyles out of necessity. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp • If you say that something is of necessity the case, you mean that it is the case because nothing else is possible or practical in the circumstances. Negotiations between the enemies are of necessity indirect. PHRASE: usu PHR before v, PHR n/adj/adv 2. A necessity is something that you must have in order to live properly or do something. Water is a basic necessity of life. ...food, fuel and other daily necessities. = essential ? luxury N-COUNT 3. A situation or action that is a necessity is necessary and cannot be avoided. The President pleaded that strong rule from the centre was a regrettable, but temporary necessity. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 something that you need to have (A telephone is an absolute necessity for this job. | We went to buy the basic necessities for our stay. | bare necessities (=basic things that you must have)) (Food and clothing are the bare necessities of life.) (- compare luxury (2)) 2 the fact of something being necessary + for (the necessity for decent, affordable housing) necessity of doing sth (Martell Bakeries was faced with the necessity of firing many of its employees. | necessity to do sth) (There's no necessity to buy tickets in advance.) 3 something that must happen, even if it is unpleasant or undesirable (Taxes are a regrettable necessity. | The treaty is considered a diplomatic necessity.) 4 the condition of urgently needing money or food (He was forced by necessity to steal a loaf of bread. | dire necessity (=great need)) 5 of necessity used when something happens in a particular way because that is the only possible way it can happen (The summary of his findings is, of necessity, very brief.) 6 necessity is the mother of invention used to say that if someone really needs to do something they will find a way of doing it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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