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Definition of necessitate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

necessitate

verb
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they necessitate
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪt/
he / she / it necessitates
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪts/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪts/
past simple necessitated
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/
past participle necessitated
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form necessitating
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪŋ/
 
/nəˈsesɪteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to make something necessary
    • necessitate something Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures.
    • necessitate doing something Increased traffic necessitated widening the road.
    • necessitate somebody/something doing something His new job necessitated him/his getting up at six.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNecessitate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • removal
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin necessitat- ‘compelled’, from the verb necessitare, based on Latin necesse ‘be needful’.
See necessitate in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee necessitate in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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