Necessity word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "necessity" word

[noun] anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
[noun] the condition of being essential or indispensable

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\Ne*ces"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Necessities}. [OE. necessite, F. n['e]cessit['e], L. necessitas, fr. necesse. See {Necessary}.] 1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness. 2. The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want. Urge the necessity and state of times. --Shak. The extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was in. --Clarendon. 3. That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural. These should be hours for necessities, Not for delights. --Shak. What was once to me Mere matter of the fancy, now has grown The vast necessity of heart and life. --Tennyson. 4. That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality. So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds. --Milton. 5. (Metaph.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. {Of necessity}, by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or irresistible power; perforce. Syn: See {Need}.

Synonyms for necessity

essential, necessary, requirement, requisite

Antonyms: inessential, nonessential

Related terms: bare cupboard, beggarliness, certain knowledge, certitude, coaction, demand, determinacy, essential, essentials, fatefulness, impoverishment, indispensableness, irresistibility, irrevocability, obligation, obligement, predestination, requirement, requisition, sine qua non, the needful, undeflectability

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Let's analyse "necessity" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YTISSECEN. Average typing speed for these characters is 2475 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -. . -.-. . ... ... .. - -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: necessity: 5 + 5 + 9 = 19, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: necessity: 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 7 = 38, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
S (2)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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