necessity

Noun
  1. The condition of being essential or indispensable (synset 114474157)
    tells us about:
    is a type of: demand, need - a condition requiring relief
    subtypes:
    • requisiteness - the state of being absolutely required
    • urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
  2. Anything indispensable (synset 109390100)
    "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"
    is a type of: thing - a separate and self-contained entity
    subtypes:
    • desideratum - something desired as a necessity
    • must - a necessary or essential thing
    • need, want - anything that is necessary but lacking
    same as: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite

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