ALL meanings of necessaries
nec·es·sar·y
N n - noun necessaries Necessary or indispensable items. 1
- adjective necessaries being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor. 1
- adjective necessaries happening or existing by necessity: a necessary change in our plans. 1
- adjective necessaries acting or proceeding from compulsion or necessity; not free; involuntary: a necessary agent. 1
- adjective necessaries Logic. (of a proposition) such that a denial of it involves a self-contradiction. (of an inference or argument) such that its conclusion cannot be false if its supporting premises are true. (of a condition) such that it must exist if a given event is to occur or a given thing is to exist. Compare sufficient (def 2). 1
- noun plural necessaries something necessary or required for a particular purpose; necessity. 1
- noun plural necessaries necessaries, Law. food, clothing, etc., required by a dependent or incompetent and varying with his or her social or economic position or that of the person upon whom he or she is dependent. 1
- noun plural necessaries Chiefly New England. a privy or toilet. 1
- noun plural necessaries what is needed; essential items 0
- noun plural necessaries food, clothing, etc, essential for the maintenance of a dependant in the condition of life to which he or she is accustomed 0