necessity

Definition

  • noun: something that you must have or do
  • noun: the quality or state of being 'necessary'
  • usually + 'of' or 'for'

Examples

  • The process is 'by necessity' a slow one. [=the process is necessarily slow; the slowness of the process cannot be avoided]

  • She talked about the 'necessity of' having the right training. [=she said that having the right training is necessary]

  • When he lost his driver's license, he 'made a virtue out of necessity' and got in shape by riding his bike to work.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Max Schumacher. Goddamn it! When? Did he say anything? All right, thank you. The Communist Party believes the most pressing political necessity today... is the consolidation of the revolutionary... radical and democratic movements-- Harry, Howard Beale left my house minutes ago. (..)
    1976 Network