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ne·ces·si·tate
necessitate
pronunciation:
n
se
sih
teIt
part of speech:
transitive verb
inflections:
necessitated, necessitates, necessitating
definition:
to make unavoidable or necessary.
Toxins in the air necessitated the wearing of masks at the excavation site.
The change necessitated adjustments in our attitudes.
similar words:
compel
,
require
related words:
bind
,
force
,
oblige
,
take
derivation:
necessitation (n.)
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