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nécessaire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • kit noun A set of equipment, tools, or personal items packed together for a particular purpose, such as a soldier's gear or a workman's tools.
  • necessary adj Required or essential in order to achieve something or avoid a problem.
  • outfit noun A set of clothes worn together, often for a particular occasion.
  • prerequisite noun Something that must be in place or completed before something else can happen.
  • requisite adj Necessary for a particular purpose; needed.
  • toolkit noun A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

Senses

nécessaire is used for these senses in English:

  • outfit Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
  • prerequisite Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
  • requisite Essential, indispensable, required.
  • toolkit A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

kit — full definition

  1. noun A set of equipment, tools, or personal items packed together for a particular purpose, such as a soldier's gear or a workman's tools.
  2. noun A set of parts sold together for the buyer to assemble.
  3. noun The official uniform and equipment worn by players on a sports team.
  4. noun A young cat, fox, rabbit, or similar small animal.
  5. verb To equip someone with the gear or clothing they need.

necessary — full definition

  1. adj Required or essential in order to achieve something or avoid a problem.
  2. noun Informal: whatever is required to get something done (often "do the necessary").

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