必要 — meaning in English

English meaning

• necessary adj Required or essential in order to achieve something or avoid a problem.
• necessity noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
• require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

必要 is used for these senses in English:

• necessary Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
• necessity The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
• need (countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
• require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]

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").

necessity — full definition

1. noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
2. noun Something essential; a basic requirement.
3. noun Extreme need or hardship; poverty.

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