NECESSARY


Meaning of NECESSARY in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Something that is ~ is needed in order for something else to happen.

I kept the engine running because it might be ~ to leave fast...

We will do whatever is ~ to stop them...

Is that really ~?...

Make the ~ arrangements.

? un~

ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf

2.

A ~ consequence or connection must happen or exist, because of the nature of the things or events involved.

Wastage was no doubt a ~ consequence of war...

Scientific work is differentiated from art by its ~ connection with the idea of progress.

ADJ: ADJ n

3.

If you say that something will happen if ~, when ~, or where ~, you mean that it will happen if it is ~, when it is ~, or where it is ~.

If ~, the airship can stay up there for days to keep out of danger...

The army needs men who are willing to fight, when ~...

All the rigging had been examined, and renewed where ~.

PHRASE: PHR with cl

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