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{
"term": "necessity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the fact that something must happen or be done; the need for something",
"sensetop": "necessity for somethingnecessity of (doing) somethingnecessity (for somebody) to do somethingof necessityout of necessity",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We recognize the necessity for a written agreement.",
"contextForm": "necessity for something"
},
{
"text": "We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff.",
"contextForm": "necessity of (doing) something"
},
{
"text": "There had never been any necessity for her to go out to work.",
"contextForm": "necessity (for somebody) to do something"
},
{
"text": "There is absolutely no necessity for you to be involved."
},
{
"text": "This is, of necessity, a brief and incomplete account.",
"contextForm": "of necessity"
},
{
"text": "He is changing job out of necessity, not because he particularly wants to.",
"contextForm": "out of necessity"
},
{
"text": "These animals don't like water but will swim if the necessity arises."
},
{
"text": "Culling of the animals was born out of the necessity for successful conservation."
},
{
"text": "Driven by financial necessity, she decided to give up her writing career."
},
{
"text": "I've never felt the necessity to rely on such a strict rule."
},
{
"text": "Most disputes can be resolved without the necessity of going to court."
},
{
"text": "Most of the women are forced, through economic necessity, to work in part-time low-paid jobs."
},
{
"text": "Mrs R has been spared the necessity of having to give evidence."
},
{
"text": "Necessity forced an urgent solution."
},
{
"text": "Observers stressed the necessity for the ceasefire to be observed."
},
{
"text": "She saw the necessity to make an immediate impression on him."
},
{
"text": "The company sees no necessity for a more cautious approach to investment."
},
{
"text": "The visit will, of necessity, be brief."
},
{
"text": "There's no necessity for you to come."
},
{
"text": "They have accepted the necessity of greater state intervention."
},
{
"text": "This rule is carried no farther than necessity requires."
},
{
"text": "Where necessity demands, we can seat more guests in the gallery."
},
{
"text": "You can dial direct without the necessity of going through the operator."
},
{
"text": "the necessity to earn a living"
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "fundamental", "sheer"],
"verb + necessity": ["become", "recognize", "see"],
"necessity + verb": [
"arise",
"dictate (something)",
"require (something)"
],
"preposition": [
"of necessity",
"out of necessity",
"through necessity"
],
"phrases": ["any necessity", "no necessity"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that you must have and cannot manage without",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many people cannot even afford **basic necessities** such as food and clothing."
},
{
"text": "Air-conditioning is an absolute necessity in this climate."
},
{
"text": "They have nothing but the barest necessities."
},
{
"text": "The people in the rural areas use mud bricks only as an immediate, practical necessity."
},
{
"text": "Sleep is an absolute necessity for life."
},
{
"text": "Food is a necessity of life."
},
{
"text": "He argued that nuclear weapons were a political necessity."
},
{
"text": "Policies which address these issues are an urgent necessity."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "vital", "real"],
"verb + necessity": ["have", "lack"],
"phrases": ["a necessity of life"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a situation that must happen and that cannot be avoided",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Living in London, he felt, was an unfortunate necessity."
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "fundamental", "sheer"],
"verb + necessity": ["become", "recognize", "see"],
"necessity + verb": [
"arise",
"dictate (something)",
"require (something)"
],
"preposition": [
"of necessity",
"out of necessity",
"through necessity"
],
"phrases": ["any necessity", "no necessity"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to manage to gain an advantage from something that you have to do and cannot avoid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She decided to make a virtue of necessity and combined a business trip to Paris with a visit to her cousins there."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nəˈsesəti/",
"audio": "ne/necessity/necessity__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nəˈsesəti/",
"audio": "ne/necessity/necessity__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitas, from necesse ‘be needful’."
}