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Common
adj
•
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
.
noun
•
In British English & :
A
place
to do the "necessary" business of
urination
and
defecation
: an
outhouse
or
lavatory
.
name
•
A
surname
.
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sufficient
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crucial
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permissible
practical
available
critical
beneficial
helpful
adequate
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fundamental
desirable
justifiable
pertinent
practicable
imperative
desired
basic
reasonable
mandatory
difficult
significant
able
requirement
permitted
warranted
worthwhile
proper
effective
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needful
compulsory
prerequisite
ready
impossible
responsible
obligatory
hard
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necessary
English
necessarye
Middle English (1100-1500)
necessaire
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
necessarius
Latin
-arius
Latin
necesse
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