Meaning

3 senses

  1. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

    Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.

    It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.

    nötig, notwendig, erforderlich

    необходи́мыйneobxodímyj, ну́жныйnúžnyj

    необхі́днийneobxídnyj, потрі́бнийpotríbnyj, немину́чийnemynúčyj

  2. Unavoidable, inevitable.

    If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.

    неизбежныйneizbezhnyy, неотвратимыйneotvratimyy

  3. (obsolete)Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

More definitions
  • unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
  • absolutely essential

Examples

1297 sentences

  1. It's necessary for you to go.

    Тобі слід йти.

    ruТебе надо идти.

    deEs ist wichtig, dass du gehst.

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  2. I'm not sure this is necessary.

    Я не певен, що це необхідно.

    ruЯ не уверен, что это необходимо.

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  3. Was it necessary to do that?

    Чи була необхідність це робити?

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  4. It's not necessary to do that.

    Робити це немає необхідності.

    ruДелать это нет необходимости.

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  5. It isn't necessary to do that.

    Робити це немає необхідності.

    ruДелать это нет необходимости.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
needed, required:
Русский
By meaning 2
needed, required:
unavoidable, inevitable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
needed, required:
such as must be:

Origin

From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius (“unavo

From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius (“unavoidable, inevitable, required”), variant of necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”), probably from ne or non cessum, from the perfect passive participle of cēdō (“yield; avoid, withdraw”); see cede.

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Forms

necessarier/more necessary, necessariest/most necessary

Synonyms

12 synonyms
basicA2essentialB1indispensableB2inevitableB1naturalA2necessarnecessitousneededprerequisiterequiredrequisite

Antonyms

4 antonyms
unnecessaryA2evitableincidentalimpossibleA2

Word family

16 related words
RelatednecessityB2necessarinessnecessitatenecessitationnecessitousnessnecessitude
DerivednecessarilyB2equinecessaryinnecessarynecessariannecessary conditionnecessary evilnecessary roomnecessary womannonnecessaryseminecessary

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • isn't necessary for
  • necessary to do
  • isn't necessary to
  • absolutely necessary
  • not necessary for
  • really necessary
  • isn't really necessary
  • won't be necessary
  • is absolutely necessary
  • the necessary skills
  • not necessary to
  • really necessary for

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
neatlynebulanebulousnecessarilyB2necessitatenecessityB2neckA1
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