necessity - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • obviate: Even possession of a ( normally ) two-handed weapon such as the spear didn't obviate the necessity of acquiring empty-handed skills.
  • underline: This underlines the necessity for clarity about what exactly is to be assessed.
  • emphasize: Councilor Hussey emphasized the necessity to involve the league in any discussions regarding pitch allocations.
  • realize: Successive governments have realized the necessity of our green solutions.
  • dictate: The area of proposed research might also dictate the necessity of a professional qualification or experience in the field.
  • eliminate: The invention may even eliminate the necessity of letter boards and spelling devices.

Converse of subject

  • compel: The sense of smell, again, is compelled by necessity to refer itself to that same judgment.

Adjective modifier

  • absolute: Week three: The absolute necessity of a total police state; NO freedom of dissent.
  • urgent: And see that reform is not just desirable; it is an urgent necessity.
  • dire: I had done that by the impulse of dire necessity, which I ought to have done at first of my own free will.
  • logical: It seems, in general terms, to be a matter of logical necessity.

Preposition: of

  • life: They don't have access to the very basic necessity of life.
  • revolution: As workers became aware of this conflict, they would come to recognize, from their own experience, the necessity of socialist revolution.
  • nature: That prior relation is a necessity of nature, if one may so speak, and not a discretionary arrangement.

Preposition: for

  • survival: A swarm is a reproduction and a necessity for survival.

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