American English pronunciation
How to pronounce necessitate
IPA transcription: [nə'sɛsə,teɪt]
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Verb
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require as useful, just, or proper
“It takes nerve to do what she did”
“success usually requires hard work”
“This job asks a lot of patience and skill”
“This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”
“This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”
“This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent”
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cause to be a concomitant
Usage examples
- Security concerns associated with this distribution necessitated centralization.
- These changes necessitated a major disruption to existing boundaries.
- But those plans fell through, and traffic growth necessitated a redesign.
- In the following decade, once again growing enrollment necessitated a new building.
- This necessitated the re-creation of a seat to cover all of inner Auckland.
- This necessitated the removal of the cemetery.
- This necessitated the disbandment of the Yeomanry Mounted Division.
- True awareness necessitates the united action of body and spirit.
- The capacity difference between the two formats necessitated alterations to the floppy disk version.
- Unfortunately, falling enrolments have necessitated the merger.