Meaning & use
necessary
Required in order to achieve a particular result or for a situation to be possible.
See it in a sentence
Warm clothing is necessary if you plan to hike the mountain in winter.
The manager said further training was necessary before staff could use the new system.
A note on using this word
'Necessary' takes the preposition 'for' or 'to,' as in 'necessary for success,' not 'necessary of.'
Words with a similar meaning
essentialrequired
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Words with an opposite meaning
unnecessaryoptional
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