Толковый словарь английского языка - necessity
Necessity
necessity
noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English necessite, from Anglo-French necessité, from Latin necessitat-, necessitas, from necesse Date: 14th century the quality or state of being necessary, 2. pressure of circumstance, physical or moral compulsion, impossibility of a contrary order or condition, the quality or state of being in need, 4. something that is necessary ; requirement , 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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