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necessitate

[ nuh-ses-i-teyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing.

to make necessary or unavoidable:
The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
to compel, oblige, or force:
The new wage demand will necessitate a price increase.

necessitate

/ nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt /

ne·cessi·tation noun
ne·cessi·tative adjective
prene·cessi·tate verb (used with object) prenecessitated prenecessitating
unne·cessi·tated adjective
unne·cessi·tating adjective

1620–30; < Medieval Latin necessitātus, past participle of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate ¹

Home visits necessitate a phone, car, fuel, and someone who can drive.

The call to return to the real meaning of Christmas does not necessitate cracking the Good Book.

We must change our understanding of masculinity so that it doesn't necessitate violent resolutions to conflict.

Clearly, the close quarters necessitate interesting adjustments.

It will necessitate all the political and promotional skills she can muster.

And it will necessitate my going out considerablyand appearing at receptions and places.

Not that young man's daughter, certainly, for that would necessitate her being a small child.

The possible approach of the French fleet did not necessitate the hasty execution of a prisoner.

The situation in Wyoming did not necessitate haste on their part, and so they had waited.

It guides, it need not coerce or necessitate, though it may.

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