A NECESSARY EVIL

Meaning of A NECESSARY EVIL in English

a thing that is bad or that you do not like but which you must accept for a particular reason

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

NECESSARY — I. ˈnesə̇ˌserē, -ri, in rapid speech ˈnesˌse- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English necessaries (plural), from Latin necessaria, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NECESSARY — (n.) A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; …
Английский словарь Webster
NECESSARY — (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free …
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
NECESSARY — ( n. ) A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NECESSARY — ( a. ) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NECESSARY — — necessariness , n. /nes"euh ser'ee/ , adj., n., pl. necessaries . adj. 1. being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NECESSARY — I. ˈne-sə-ˌser-ē adjective Etymology: Middle English necessarie, from Latin necessarius, from necesse necessary, probably from ne- not + cedere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NECESSARY — noun a privy; a water-closet. 2. necessary ·adj such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
NECESSARY — [nec.es.sary] adj [ME necessarie, fr. L necessarius, fr. necesse necessary, prob. fr. ne- not + cedere to withdraw--more at no] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NECESSARY — / ˈnesəsəri; NAmE -seri/ adjective 1. necessary (for sb/sth) (to do sth) that is needed for a purpose or a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECESSARY — I. ne ‧ ces ‧ sa ‧ ry 1 S2 W1 /ˈnesəs ə ri, ˈnesɪs ə ri $ -seri/ BrE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NECESSARY — adj. & n. --adj. 1 requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NECESSARY — adj. & n. adj. 1 requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NECESSARY — adj. & n. --adj. 1. requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
NECESSARY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is necessary is needed …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECESSARY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a necessary evil (= something that is bad but necessary ) ▪ Most businesses see …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NECESSARY — [adjective] - needed in order to achieve a particular resultHe lacks the necessary skills for the job.I don't have much …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NECESSARY — I. ||necessary noun Synonyms: privy 1, backhouse, ||biffy, ||closet, *crapper, jakes, ||office, outhouse II. necessary adjective 1. Synonyms: essential 4, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NECESSARY — INDEX: 1. to need something 2. to need someone or something very much 3. necessary 4. make it necessary to …
Longman Activator English vocab
NECESSARY — See ↑ NEED/NECESSARY 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ hardly necessary • ↑ make it necessary • ↑ unnecessary/not necessary
Longman Activator English vocab
NECESSARY — n. 25B6; adjective planning permission is necessary : OBLIGATORY, requisite, required, compulsory, mandatory, imperative, needed, de rigueur; essential, indispensable, vital. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — n. 25B6; adjective an evil deed : WICKED, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, foul, vile, dishonourable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — As used by a hacker , implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
NECESSARY — adj. 1 indispensable, essential, required, needed, compulsory, requisite, vital, demanded, imperative, obligatory, needful, of the essence, important, of the utmost …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EVIL — As used by hackers, implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned as to be not worth …
Jargon File English vocabulary
NECESSARY — See a priori ; Necessity ; Necessary being ; Necessary condition ; and Necessary statements
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
NECESSARY — 1. прил. 1) необходимый, нужный, требуемый We will do whatever is necessary to stop them. ≈ Мы сделаем все необходимое, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NECESSARY — necessary.ogg 1. ʹnesıs(ə)rı n 1. (самое) необходимое the necessaries of life - предметы первой необходимости ( жилище, еда и т. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EVIL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NECESSARY — 1) надобный 2) необходимый 3) непременный 4) потребный • logically necessary hypothesis — логически необходимая гипотеза necessary and sufficient condition — необходимое и достаточное условие necessary and …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EVIL — evil сущ.1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NECESSARY — 1. ʹnesıs(ə)rı n 1. (самое) необходимое the necessaries of life - предметы первой необходимости ( жилище, еда и т. п. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NECESSARY — 1. прил. 1) необходимый, нужный, требуемый We will do whatever is necessary to stop them. — Мы сделаем все необходимое, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NECESSARY — 1. прил. 1) необходимый, нужный, требуемый We will do whatever is necessary to stop them. — Мы сделаем все необходимое, чтобы остановить …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVIL — 1. сущ. 1) зло; вред; убыток, ущерб to root out evil — искоренять зло unmitigated evil — явное зло necessary evil — необходимое зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EVIL — 1. n. 1. зло; вред; evil comes from evil - зло порождает зло; (the) lesser evil - меньшее зло - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NECESSARY — 1. сущ. необходимое - absolutely necessary - consider necessary - find the necessary - necessary data - necessary expenses - provide the necessary - provide the necessary 2. прил. 1) …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
EVIL — 1. _n. 1> зло; вред; to do evil наносить ущерб; творить зло; evil comes from evil зло порождает зло; (the) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
NECESSARY — 1. прил. 1) необходимый, нужный, требуемый We will do whatever is necessary to stop them. ≈ Мы сделаем все необходимое, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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