necessary
/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ/ · noun
Meaning
- (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
- Unavoidable, inevitable.
- Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
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