ALL meanings of of necessity
of ne·ces·si·ty
O o - noun plural of necessity something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. 1
- noun plural of necessity the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing. 1
- noun plural of necessity an imperative requirement or need for something: the necessity for a quick decision. 1
- noun plural of necessity the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: to face the necessity of testifying in court. 1
- noun plural of necessity an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something: not by choice but by necessity. 1
- noun plural of necessity a state of being in financial need; poverty: a family in dire necessity. 1
- noun plural of necessity Philosophy. the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws. 1
- idioms of necessity of necessity, as an inevitable result; unavoidably; necessarily: Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while. 1
- phrase of necessity If you say that something is of necessity the case, you mean that it is the case because nothing else is possible or practical in the circumstances. 0
- noun of necessity inevitably; necessarily 0
- noun of necessity necessarily; inevitably 0