necessitate
necessitate
Definition
ne·ces·si·tate (nə ses′ə tāt′)
transitive verb -·tat′ed, -·tat′·ing
- to make (something) necessary or unavoidable; involve or imply as a necessary condition, outcome, etc.
- Now Rare to compel; require; force he was necessitated to agree
Etymology: < ML necessitatus, pp. of necessitare < L necessitas, necessity
ne·ces′·si·ta′·tion noun
necessitate
Synonyms
necessitate
Usage Examples
Object
- amputation: The boy who is 5 years old had his left arm torn off, necessitating amputation at the shoulder.
- removal: Rupture of or extreme trauma to the eyeball usually necessitates removal of the eye.
- demolition: Mid Craigie had been subject to rapid and substantial decline necessitating widespread demolition of the housing stock.
- diversion: Adding to the excitement of the coastal path were eagles soaring above and recent landslides necessitating diversions along the shore.
- evacuation: Emergencies / Fire IN THE event of fire, or other reasons necessitating the evacuation of the building, a siren will sound continuously.
- relocation: Expansion continues which necessitates relocation in the very near future.
Preposition: by
- circumstance: In more philosophical talk, the event was made necessary or necessitated by the circumstance.
- fact: The cross-examination undertaken by them was necessitated by the fact both of the credulity and depravity of human nature.
- change: Some arise out of experience, others have been necessitated by significant changes to the law.
- development: Major residential developments will be expected to make provision for new school facilities necessitated by the development.
Subject
- circumstance: In more philosophical talk, the event was made necessary or necessitated by the circumstance.
- fact: The cross-examination undertaken by them was necessitated by the fact both of the credulity and depravity of human nature.
- change: Some arise out of experience, others have been necessitated by significant changes to the law.
Present participle complement
- continue: Client expectations continue to grow apace, necessitating continuing investment in better facilities, new and complex equipment and highly trained staff.
Modifying Another Word
- dependently: Also, the mental event dependently necessitates the neural event, the neural thus being dependently necessary to the mental, ( pp.
- thereby: The Police had not anticipated the numbers who would decline to enter a guilty plea, thereby necessitating the preparation of committal files.
- thus: Some of the larger engines may require an unmanageable size tank thus necessitating an alternative cooling system.
- sometimes: However we understand customer needs sometimes necessitate out of hours work.
- often: This industrial unrest often necessitated the deployment of officers from other parts of the county.
- therefore: Part of the planning process therefore necessitates analyzing the market that the firm is operating in.
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