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necessary
Part of speech: AdjectiveThat can not be otherwise; not to be done without; essential; indispensable; as, food is necessary to life; not to be avoided.
Part of speech: NounA thing which can not be done without.
Part of speech: AdverbNecessarily.
Usage examples "necessary":- I've been down to Folkestone- it was necessary I should see her! - "Embarrassments", Henry James.
- I say, tell me more about this Edgecumbe; it is necessary that I should have full particulars. - ""The Pomp of Yesterday"", Joseph Hocking.
- Oh, it is necessary to be one with us. - "The Secret of the Night", Gaston Leroux.