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ne•ces•si•ty /nəˈsɛsɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.

something necessary:[countable]The poor lacked food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
the fact of being necessary or needed;
indispensability:[uncountable]the necessity of adequate housing.
requirement;
need:[countable]a necessity for a quick decision.
an unavoidable need to do something:[uncountable]not by choice but by necessity.

Idioms

Idioms of necessity, unavoidably;
necessarily:The report we wrote was of necessity rushed and full of errors.

ne•ces•si•ty (nə ses′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.

something necessary or indispensable:food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
the fact of being necessary or indispensable;
indispensability:the necessity of adequate housing.
an imperative requirement or need for something:the necessity for a quick decision.
the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable:to face the necessity of testifying in court.
an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something:not by choice but by necessity.
a state of being in financial need;
poverty:a family in dire necessity.
Philosophythe quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws.
Idioms of necessity, as an inevitable result;
unavoidably;
necessarily:Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while.

need.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

necessity /nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)

(sometimes plural) something needed for a desired result; prerequisite: necessities of life
a condition or set of circumstances, such as physical laws or social rules, that inevitably requires a certain result: it is a matter of necessity to wear formal clothes when meeting the Queen
the state or quality of being obligatory or unavoidable
urgent requirement, as in an emergency or misfortune: in time of necessity we must all work together
poverty or want
rare compulsion through laws of nature; fate
the constraining force of physical determinants on all aspects of life
the property of being necessary
of necessity ⇒ inevitably; necessarily

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