necessary
absolutely essential
How often you will meet it
Rank 661 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,846 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- absolutely essential
- unavoidably determined by prior circumstances the necessary consequences of one's actions
noun
- anything indispensable also: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite food and shelter are necessities of lifethe essentials of the good life
necessary in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Singularly enough, this was the precise sum necessary to make him a captain.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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The fatal hour struck, when, supplies being exhausted, it became necessary to surrender.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The steamer will be provided with every necessary comfort, including library and musical instruments.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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This she prayed him to devote to the furnishing of the necessary outfit for Gervaise.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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We do not know whether it is necessary to defend our choice of a somewhat antiquated prose.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1