necessity
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(noun) anything indispensable; "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" |
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Synonyms: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite |
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Related Words: desideratum, entity, need, something, want |
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(noun) the condition of being essential or indispensable |
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Related Words: demand, need, requisiteness, urgency |
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