Necessitate

Definitions: Necessitate

Necessitate

Verb

1. 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".

2. Cause to be a concomitant.

Date "necessitate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Necessitate \Ne*ces"si*tate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Necessitated; present participle verb or noun Necessitating.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Necessitate

Synonyms: ask (v), call for (v), demand (v), involve (v), need (v), require (v), take (v). (additional references)

Antonym: obviate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Compulsion	Verb: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.
Necessity	Destine, doom, foredoom, devote; predestine, preordain; cast a spell; necessitate; compel.
	Adverb: necessarily; adVerb: of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei; needs must; perforce; nolens volens; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute.
Requirement	Render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition; (ask for), (demand).
	Adverb: ex necessitate rei; (necessarily); of necessity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Necessitate

English words defined with "necessitate": Necessitated, Necessitating. (references)

Specialty definitions using "necessitate": air pollution staff ♦ Cardinal ♦ Mast, miscellaneous apparatus rack ♦ overclocking ♦ wrap-up report. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Necessitate" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bond, difficult straits, inevitability, necessity, need, obligation, poverty).

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

I don't even own a gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner)

Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned? (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear economically insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	They will communicate to the German authorities the decisions which the Principal Allied and Associated Powers have reserved the right to take, or which the execution of the military, naval and air clauses may necessitate. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Recovery from hip fractures may necessitate many hours of physical therapy. (references)
		This will necessitate adequate diagnostic followup and treatment facilities. (references)
		For example, heavy snoring may necessitate a detailed examination of the nose and throat. (references)
Business		Although they previously sold well, seats are now easier to clean and do not necessitate covers. (references)
		The TOPAZ system, is designed specifically for emerging markets, where domestic conditions necessitate local management and control. (references)
		Immobilizer and transponder keys have somewhat decreased the need to install aftermarket anti-theft devices, and seats are now easier to clean, and therefore do not necessitate seat covers. (references)
Economic History	Denmark	In some cases the competitive environment may even necessitate such a step. (references)
	Jordan	Article 31 allows employers to lay off employees if economic or technical circumstances necessitate reorganization. (references)
	Oman	Although Oman enjoys a high degree of internal stability, regional tensions in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war and the Iran-Iraq war continue to necessitate large defense expenditures. (references)
Travel	Pakistan	Travelers to Pakistan should check with their physician or the local office of the U.S. Public Health Service for information on any unusual circumstances that might necessitate additional protection. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	This will necessitate adoption of a broader concept of health care, to include such areas as environmental health, workplace health and safety, commercial product safety, traffic safety, and health education, promotion and information.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Necessitate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.57% of the time. "Necessitate" is used about 162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	84.57%	137	27,138
Lexical Verb (base form)	14.81%	24	71,196
Noun (singular)	0.62%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	162	N/A

Expression using "necessitate": ad ex necessitate rei. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "necessitate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), do (do), bën i nevojshme. (various references)

Arabic		‏وجب (found, have to, lead, must, ought, point, should), ‏حتم (determine, predestine, predetermine), ‏إستلزم (entail, presuppose, require). (various references)

Bulgarian		налагам (enforce, enjoin, force, force upon, hammer, inculcate, indicate, inflict, levy, predicate, punish, ramrod, superimpose, thrust, thrust on, towel, wallop), правя необходим, правя неизбежен, принуждавам (coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, make, oblige, overpersuade, pressure, pressurize, reduce, sandbag), изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, postulate, require, take, want). (various references)

Chinese		成为必须 (Necessitated, Necessitating). (various references)

Czech		vynutit si (compel), vyžadovat (ask, call for, claim, exact, involve, require, stipulate, take). (various references)

Danish		i minegangene medfoerer loftets sammentrykning og gulvets haevning ( saavel som indstyrtning af sidevaeggene ) at der skal foretages vedvarende vedligeholdelse ( paa svensk : strosning ) (thrust or crush and creep or heave in roadways necessitate costly repair operations called ripping). (various references)

Dutch		in mijngangen brengt het zakken van het dak en het poefen van de vloer ( zowel als het naar binnen komen van de zijwanden ) met zich mee, dat onderhoudswerk moet worden verricht - het zgn nabreken (thrust or crush and creep or heave in roadways necessitate costly repair operations called ripping). (various references)

Farsi		مجبورکردن (Bludgeon, Compel, Enforce, Oblige), ناگزیرساختن , واجب کردن , بایسته کردن , بایستن . (various references)

French		nécessiter (need), rendre nécessaire. (various references)

German		erfordern (call for, demand, exact, postulate, require, requisiting, to require). (various references)

Greek		καθιστώ αναγκαίο (predicate). (various references)

Hebrew		לחיב (bind, charge an account, commit, compel, debit, enjoin, obligate, oblige), ל�"צריך (entail). (various references)

Hungarian		szükségessé tesz (to necessitate), követel (arrogate, call for, claim, demand, exact, postulate, presume, to arrogate, to claim, to command, to demand, to desire, to exact, to necessitate, to press for, to require, to requisition). (various references)

Italian		necessitare (be necessary, be needed, be required, need, require, to require), rendere necessario, obbligare (bind, command, compel, constrain, engage, force, obligate, oblige, require, to force). (various references)

Korean		필�"로 하십시�". (various references)

Pig Latin		ecessitatenay.(various references)

Portuguese		necessitar (ask, demand, lack, need, require, want), precisar de (demand, have to do with, need, want), fatalismo (fatality), compelir (coerce, compel, enforce, force, make, oblige, press, send), carecer (want). (various references)

Romanian		necesita (ask, call, claim, demand, have, infer, involve, need, require, want), sili (bind, coerce, compel, constrain, endeavor, endeavour, force, huff, oblige, push on, squeeze, try, urge), reclama (ask, call for, claim, demand, denounce, need, reclaim, repeat, require), obliga (bind, coerce, compel, constrain, determine, dictate, enforce, engage, force, make, obligate, oblige, plight, urge), cere (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, challenge, charge, claim, command, court, demand, desire, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, petition, request, require, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge), avea nevoie de (demand, have need of, need, require, stand in need of, want). (various references)

Russian		вынуждать (compel, enforce, force), вызывать необходимость, делать необходимым. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		učiniti nužnim, prinuditi (bulldoze, coerce, constrain, force, oblige), primorati (coerce, force, make). (various references)

Spanish		necesitar (lack, need, require, take, want), exigir (ask for, beg, call for, demand, exact, insist on, levy, need, postulate, require, require from, require of, tax, want). (various references)

Swedish		nödvändiggöra. (various references)

Thai		ทำให้ (บางสิ่ง) จำเป็น. (various references)

Turkish		icap etmek (be necessary, be required, require, take), gerektirmek (beggar, call for, entail, exact, imply, indicate, involve, require, suppose, take, want), gerekmek (be essential, be necessary, be required, call for, need, require, suppose, supposed to). (various references)

Ukranian		спричиняти (bring to pass, cause, entail, generate, induce, occasion, promote, work), робити необхідним, викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), вимагати (ask, call for, challenge, charge, claim, cry for, demand, extort, importune, postulate, racketeer, require, sweat out, want, wring), неминуче призводити до. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 13, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Dio anagkh upotassesqai ou monon dia thn orghn alla kai dia thn suneidhsin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam
Old English	990	West Saxon	Forþy is hit niedðearflic þæt ge eow æt onwealde underhnigað, nat ane for mihtelic witan ac eacswa for ingeðance.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And therfor bi nede be ye suget, not oneli for wraththe, but also for conscience.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not for feare of vengeaunce only: but also because of conscience.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 13, Verse 5
Bulgarian	Любовта не върши зло на ближния; следователно, любовта изпълнява закона.
Cebuano	Busa kinahanglan magpasakop ka nga masinugtanon dili lamang aron sa paglikay sa kapungot sa Dios, kondili usab tungod sa matarung nga kaisipan.
Chinese	所以 � 們必 � � � � 服、不但是 � 為刑罰、也是 � 為良心。
Croatian	Treba se stoga podlagati, ne samo zbog gnjeva nego i zbog savjesti.
Danish	Derfor er det nødvendigt at underordne sig, ikke alene for Straffens Skyld, men også for Samvittighedens.
Dutch	Daarom is het nodig onderworpen te zijn, niet alleen om der straffe, maar ook om des gewetens wil.
Finnish	Siksi tulee olla alamainen, ei ainoastaan rangaistuksen tähden, vaan myös omantunnon tähden.
French	Il est donc nécessaire d`être soumis, non seulement par crainte de la punition, mais encore par motif de conscience.
German	Darum ist's not, untertan zu sein, nicht allein um der Strafe willen, sondern auch um des Gewissens willen.
Haitian Creole	Se poutèt sa, nou dwe soumèt devan tout otorite yo, pa sèlman paske nou vle chape anba kòlè Bondye, men tou pou konsyans nou pa repwoche nou anyen.
Hungarian	Annakokáért szükség engedelmeskedni, nem csak a haragért, hanem a lelkiismeretért is.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Itu sebabnya Saudara harus taat kepada pemerintah--bukan hanya karena Saudara tidak mau dihukum, tetapi juga karena suara hati nuranimu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Oleh sebab itu wajiblah menaklukkan diri, bukan sahaja oleh sebab kemurkaan itu, melainkan oleh sebab perasaan hati juga.
Italian	Perciò è necessario stare sottomessi, non solo per timore della punizione, ma anche per ragioni di coscienza.
Korean	그 러 므 로 굴 복 하 지 아 니 � 수 없 으 니 노 를 인 하 여 만 � 것 이 아 니 �" 또 한 양 심 을 인 하 여 � 것 이 라
Latvian	Tâtad nepiecieðami esiet paklausîgi ne tikai soda dçï, bet arî sirdsapziòas dçï.
Maori	Koia i takoto ai te tikanga kia ngohengohe koutou, ehara i te mea he whakaaro kau ki te riri, engari ki ta te hinengaro ano hoki.
Modern Greek	�"ια τουτο ειναι αναγκη να υποτασσησθε ουχι μονον δια την οργην, αλλα και δια την συνειδησιν.
Norwegian	Derfor er det nødvendig å være lydig mot den, ikke bare for straffens skyld, men også for samvittighetens.
Portuguese	Pelo que é necessário que lhe estejais sujeitos, não somente por causa da ira, mas também por causa da consciência.
Rumanian	Deaceea trebuie sq fiyi supuwi nu numai de frica pedepsei, ci wi din kndemnul cugetului.
Shuar	Nu asamtai akupin tuke umirkatniuiti. Aya Asutiuáwain tusar umirkashtiniaitji. Antsu shiir Enentáijiai wekasatin umirkatniuiti.
Spanish	Por lo cual, es necesario que estéis sujetos, no solamente por razón del castigo, sino también por motivos de conciencia.
Swahili	Kwa hiyo ni lazima kuwatii wenye mamlaka, si tu kwa sababu ya kuogopa ghadhabu ya Mungu, bali pia kwa sababu dhamiri inadai hivyo.
Swedish	Därför måste man vara den underdånig, icke allenast för vredesdomens skull, utan ock för samvetets skull.
Thai	เหตุฉะนั้นท่านจะต้องอยู่ในบังคับบัญชา มิใช่เพราะเกรงพระอาชญาสิ่งเ�"ียว แต่เพราะจิตที่สำนึกผิ�"และชอบ�"้วย
Ukrainian	Тому треба коритися не тільки ради страху кари, але й ради сумління.
Uma	Toe pai' kana mengkoru-ta hi hawa' topoparenta. Mengkoru-ta bona neo' -ta rahuku'. Aga meliu ngkai toe, mengkoru-ta apa' ta'inca hi rala nono-ta, toe-mi to masipato' tababehi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "necessitate": necessitated, necessitates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Necessitate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neccesitate, neccessitate, necesitate, necessiate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "necessitate" (pronounced nuse"sutā't)
5	-s u t ā' t	acetate, incapacitate, resuscitate.
4	-u t ā' t	agitate, amputate, annotate, cogitate, debilitate, decapitate, facilitate, gravitate, hesitate, imitate, irritate, levitate, meditate, militate, precipitate, premeditate, rehabilitate, vegetate.
3	-t ā' t	devastate, downstate, mutate, overstate, potentate, prostate, punctate, rotate, tristate, understate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: anisettes, cattiness, cineastes, scantiest, tacitness, teensiest, testacies, tetanises.
	-3 letters: anisette, antsiest, casettes, cassette, centeses, centesis, cineaste, cineasts, entastic, etesians, instates, nastiest, nictates, satinets, scantest, scanties, statices, teeniest, teniases, tetanics, tetanies, tetanise, titaness.
	-4 letters: acetins, ascents, ascites, caseins, casette, catties, cetanes, cineast, easiest, ectases, ectasis, encases, entases, entasis, entices, essence, estates, etesian, incases, incests, insects, instate, nasties, neatest, nictate, sateens, satinet, seances, secants, senates, senecas, sensate, sestina, sestine, settees, stactes, stances, statice, statics, tanists, tansies, tenaces, tensest, testees, tetanic, tisanes.
	-5 letters: acetin, actins, anises, antics, ascent, assent, attics, casein, castes, cattie, ceases, censes, centai, centas, cestas, cetane, easies, ecesis, enacts, enates, enatic, encase, entice, estate, incase, incest, insect, insets, intact, nastic, nicest, nieces, saices, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, sateen, satins, scants, scatts, scenas, scenes, scents, seance, secant, seines, senate, seneca, sestet, settee, siesta, sitten, stacte, stains, stance, stanes, states, static, steins, stints, taints, tanist, tasset, tassie, tastes, teases, tenace, tenets, teniae, tenias, tenses, tentie, testae, testee, testes, testis, tincts, tineas, tisane, titans, tsetse.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-n-s-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: necessitated, necessitates.
	+3 letters: pectinesterase, preanesthetics, telangiectases.
	+4 letters: intricatenesses, pectinesterases, precipitateness.
	+5 letters: articulatenesses, attractivenesses, intellectualness, systematicnesses.
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