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Noun: necessity  ni'se-si-tee
  1. The condition of being essential or indispensable
     
  2. Anything indispensable
    "food and shelter are necessities of life"
    - essential, requirement, requisite, necessary

Derived forms: necessities

See also: necessary, necessitate, necessitous, unnecessary, unneeded

Type of: demand, need, thing

Encyclopedia: Necessity

Nearest

nebulously
nebulousness
NEC
necessarian
necessarily
necessary
necessitarian
necessitarianism
necessitate
necessitous
necessity
neck
neck and neck
neck bone
neck brace
neck exercise
neck of the woods
neck opening
neck ruff
neck sweetbread
Neckar