necessitate
/ni'sesiteit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To make something necessary: To cause something to be required or unavoidable as a condition or consequence.
- To require as essential: To demand or need something as a necessary part, condition, or element.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The new safety regulations will necessitate additional training for all staff. (The regulations make the extra training unavoidable.)
- The complexity of the project necessitates careful planning. (The complexity demands careful planning as an essential requirement.)
- His sudden illness necessitated a change in our travel plans. (The illness forced a change; it made a change necessary.)
Advanced Usage
- "to necessitate doing something": To make a specific action necessary.
- The broken lock necessitated calling a locksmith immediately. (The broken lock made it necessary to call a locksmith.)
- "to necessitate that...": To require that a particular condition be met or action be taken.
- The law necessitates that all drivers have valid insurance. (The law makes it a requirement that all drivers have insurance.)
Variants and Related Words
- Necessity (n): Something that is essential or unavoidable.
- Food and water are basic necessities.
- Necessary (adj): Required to be done, achieved, or present; essential.
- It is necessary to wear a seatbelt.
- Necessarily (adv): As a necessary result; inevitably.
- Expensive tools are not necessarily the best.
Synonyms
- Require: To need for a particular purpose.
- Demand: To ask for forcefully, implying a pressing need.
- Entail: To involve something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
- Call for: To publicly ask for or require.
Antonyms
- Obviate: To remove or avoid a need or difficulty.
- Automation obviated the need for manual data entry.
- Preclude: To prevent from happening; make impossible.
- His apology precluded further argument.
Related Phrases and Constructions
- Of necessity: Inevitably; unavoidably.
- The repairs were lengthy and, of necessity, expensive.
- By necessity: Because it is forced or required by circumstances.
- He became the leader by necessity when no one else would.
Verb
- cause to be a concomitant
- require as useful, just, or proper
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent