English-Thai Dictionary

necessity

N ความต้องการ  ความจำเป็น  kwam-tong-kan

 

necessity

N สิ่งจำเป็น  สิ่ง ที่ ขาดไม่ได้  essential requirement siang-jam-pen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NECESSITY

n. 1. That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be otherwise. It is of necessity that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time. It is of necessity that two contradictory propositions cannot both be true.
2. Irresistible power; compulsive force, physical or moral. If mans actions are determined by causes beyond his control, he acts from necessity, and is not a free agent. Necessity compelled the general to act on the defensive.
3. Indispensableness; the state of being requisite. The necessity of funds to support public credit, no man questions. The necessity of economy in domestic concerns is admitted. No man can plead necessity in excuse for crimes.
4. Extreme indigence; pinching poverty; pressing need.
The cause of all the distractions in his court or army proceeded from the extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was in.
5. Unavoidableness; inevitableness; as the necessity of a consequence from certain premises.
6. In the plural, things requisite for a purpose.
These should be hors for necessities, Not for delights.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NECESSITY

Ne *ces "si *ty, n.; pl. Necessities. Etym: [OE. necessite, F.nécessité, 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.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

necessity

ne ces si ty |nəˈsesətē nəˈsɛsədi | ▶noun ( pl. necessities ) 1 the fact of being required or indispensable: the necessity of providing parental guidance should be apparent | the necessity for law and order. • unavoidability: the necessity of growing old. • a state of things or circumstances enforcing a certain course: created more by necessity than design. 2 an indispensable thing: a good book is a necessity when traveling. 3 Philosophy the principle according to which something must be so, by virtue either of logic or of natural law. • a condition that cannot be otherwise, or a statement asserting this. PHRASES necessity is the mother of invention proverb when the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it. of necessity unavoidably: to alleviate labor shortages employers will, of necessity, offer better deals for part-timers. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitas, from necesse ‘needful. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

necessity

ne ¦ces |sity |nɪˈsɛsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. necessities ) 1 [ mass noun ] the state or fact of being required: the necessity of providing parental guidance. • the state of being unavoidable: the necessity of growing old. • a situation enforcing a certain course of action: political necessity induced him to consider it. 2 an indispensable thing: a good book is a necessity when travelling. 3 [ mass noun ] Philosophy the principle according to which something must be so, by virtue either of logic or of natural law. • [ count noun ] a condition that cannot be otherwise, or a statement asserting this. PHRASES necessity is the mother of invention proverb when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it. of necessity unavoidably. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitas, from necesse ‘be needful ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

necessity

necessity noun 1 the microwave is now regarded as a necessity: essential, indispensable item, requisite, prerequisite, necessary, basic, sine qua non, desideratum; informal must-have. 2 political necessity forced him to resign: force of circumstance, obligation, need, call, exigency; force majeure. 3 the necessity of growing old: inevitability, certainty, inescapability, inexorability, ineluctability. 4 necessity made them steal: poverty, need, neediness, want, deprivation, privation, penury, destitution, indigence. PHRASES of necessity the renovations will, of necessity, require a more aggressive fundraising campaign: necessarily, inevitably, unavoidably, inescapably, ineluctably; as a matter of course, naturally, automatically, certainly, surely, definitely, incontrovertibly, undoubtedly; formal perforce.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

necessity

necessity noun 1 health should not be considered a privilege or even a luxury, but as a necessity and a right: essential requirement, prerequisite, indispensable thing /item, essential, requisite, necessary, fundamental, basic; Latin sine qua non, desideratum. 2 the necessity of taking expert advice | the necessity for young people to grow up with respect for the law: indispensability, need, needfulness. 3 political necessity forced him to consider it: force /pressure of circumstance, need, obligation, call, exigency; crisis, emergency, urgency; French force majeure. 4 the necessity of growing old: inevitability, unavoidability, certainty, inescapability, inexorability, ineluctability. 5 necessity made them steal: poverty, need, neediness, want, deprivation, privation, penury, destitution, indigence. PHRASES of necessity such institutional changes will, of necessity, lead to a review of the Arts Council's role: necessarily, inevitably, unavoidably, by force of circumstance, inescapably, ineluctably; by definition, as a matter of course, naturally, automatically, certainly, surely, definitely, incontrovertibly, undoubtedly, axiomatically; willy-nilly; Latin nolens volens; informal like it or not; formal perforce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

necessity

ne ces si ty /nəsésəti / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →necessary 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U «…の /…する /…という » 必要 (性 ) «of , for /of [for ] do ing , to do /that 節 » (→need 名詞 1 ) (!that節内のshouldの省略については →should 7 語法 ) ▸ be under the necessity of doing …する必要がある, …せざるを得ない ▸ be faced with the necessity of preventing [to prevent ] global warming 地球温暖化を食い止める必要に迫られる ▸ out of [through, from ] economic necessity 経済的理由からやむを得ず ▸ by necessity rather than choice 好んでというよりも仕方なく ▸ Necessity is the mother of invention .｟ことわざ ｠必要は発明の母 2 C 〖しばしば -ties 〗 «…の » 必需品 , 必要品, 不可欠なもの «of , for » ▸ the basic [bare ] necessities of life [for living ]最低限の生活必需品 ▸ A car is an absolute necessity for many people today .車は今日では多くの人にとって絶対に欠かせないものだ 3 U C 〖a ～〗(望ましくなかろうとも必要で )不可避なこと ; 必然 (性 )▸ Public funds are a regrettable necessity to restore the economy .公的資金は遺憾ながらも経済の立て直しになくてはならないものだ ▸ as a necessity 必然的に, 必ず 4 U 貧困 (状態 ), 窮乏 (poverty )▸ steal by necessity 貧困のあまり盗みをはたらく by [of ] nec é ssity 1 ↑1 , 4 .2 ｟かたく ｠〖文中 文頭で 〗必然的に, 当然 .