--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 5 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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1:* -nd: the letters written after a number that ends in 2 (except 12) to make an ordinal number: 2nd = second, 22nd = twenty-second, 102nd.[↗](../../nd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* ND: short for North Dakota, a state in the USA.[↗](../../nd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* n.d.: «no date» in a list of books or sources.[↗](../../nd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She came 2nd in the race.[↗](../../nd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom is on the 2nd floor.[↗](../../nd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the ordinals: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.[↗](../../nd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the 22nd person in the queue.[↗](../../nd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bismarck is the capital of ND, North Dakota.[↗](../../nd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The 2nd step in the problem is to add the two totals.[↗](../../nd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Source.--Henderson's Folk-Lore of Northern Counties, 2nd edition, published by the Folk-Lore Society, pp.[↗](../../nd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 266-7.[↗](../../nd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ne** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Ne» is the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; the word goes before the verb and «pas» goes after it.[↗](../../ne/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation) «NE» means north-east, the direction halfway between north and east, as on a compass or a map.[↗](../../ne/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is not an English word on its own; French «ne» sounds like «nuh».[↗](../../ne/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In Russian, «ne» also means «not», and it goes before the verb.[↗](../../ne/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A word meaning "not" in another language, so it is not an English word.[↗](../../ne/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Je ne parle pas allemand» means «I don't speak German».[↗](../../ne/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Il ne mange jamais de viande» means «he never eats meat».[↗](../../ne/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In fast French, people often leave out «ne».[↗](../../ne/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Before a vowel, «ne» becomes «n'»: «je n'aime pas».[↗](../../ne/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The map showed the town to the NE of the lake.[↗](../../ne/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A compass has N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW.[↗](../../ne/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · French «ne» sounds like «nuh».[↗](../../ne/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ne/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et \[p. 12\] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus."[↗](../../ne/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Johannes Pistorius.[↗](../../ne/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ne/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Modern writers are also divided in their opinions concer- ning the age of the Sefer Yetzirah.[↗](../../ne/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ne/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · \[354\] Tak de ego ne vzat'.[↗](../../ne/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et[↗](../../ne/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) · Athene (a-thee'-ne, th as in both), 43.[↗](../../ne/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) **neanderthal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Neanderthal was a kind of early human who lived in Europe and western Asia from about 400,000 to about 40,000 years ago and then died out.[↗](../../neanderthal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, rude) Calling someone a neanderthal means they are rough, rude or old-fashioned in their ideas.[↗](../../neanderthal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Neanderthals lived during the Ice Age.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neanderthals made sharp stone tools.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists found Neanderthal bones in a cave in Germany.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of our DNA comes from Neanderthals.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Neanderthals had big, strong bodies for the cold.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't be such a neanderthal!» she said when he burped at the table.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Neanderthals and modern humans lived at the same time for thousands of years.[↗](../../neanderthal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **neap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other.[↗](../../neap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At neap tide the sea does not go out very far.[↗](../../neap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neap tides happen about twice a month.[↗](../../neap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spring tides are bigger than neap tides.[↗](../../neap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fishermen waited for the neap tide to launch the boat.[↗](../../neap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During neaps, the rock pools stay covered.[↗](../../neap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon at half full means a neap tide is near.[↗](../../neap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **near** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Near means close, not far away.[↗](../../near/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The shop is near my house.[↗](../../near/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Near can mean close in time: «Summer is near.».[↗](../../near/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To near something is to come closer to it.[↗](../../near/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Nearest» means the closest one.[↗](../../near/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Near» can mean almost: «a near miss».[↗](../../near/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The park is near the school.[↗](../../near/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Round 47 to the nearest ten.[↗](../../near/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Who lives nearer to the lake?[↗](../../near/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 trees near the pond.[↗](../../near/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay near me in the crowd.[↗](../../near/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The holidays are near.[↗](../../near/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Round 3.6 to the nearest whole number.[↗](../../near/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As the ship neared the shore, we saw the lighthouse.[↗](../../near/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he came near, and kissed him.[↗](../../near/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.[↗](../../near/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.[↗](../../near/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.[↗](../../near/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.[↗](../../near/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.[↗](../../near/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../near/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **nearby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place.[↗](../../nearby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective it comes before a noun: a nearby park.[↗](../../nearby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") As an adverb it comes after a verb: we live nearby.[↗](../../nearby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a small town with a beach nearby.[↗](../../nearby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a toilet nearby?[↗](../../nearby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My best friend lives nearby, so we walk to school together.[↗](../../nearby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are lost, ask a nearby shop assistant for help.[↗](../../nearby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dog was barking somewhere nearby.[↗](../../nearby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to a nearby park for a picnic.[↗](../../nearby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The nearby river can flood after heavy rain.[↗](../../nearby/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay nearby where I can see you.[↗](../../nearby/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks.[↗](../../nearby/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **nearly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nearly means almost, but not completely.[↗](../../nearly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nearly can mean that something almost happened but did not («I nearly fell»).[↗](../../nearly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is nearly time for lunch.[↗](../../nearly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I nearly missed the bus this morning.[↗](../../nearly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have nearly finished the jigsaw.[↗](../../nearly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There were nearly 30 children at the party.[↗](../../nearly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She nearly fell off the wall, so be careful.[↗](../../nearly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is nearly five.[↗](../../nearly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That is not nearly enough paint for the whole fence.[↗](../../nearly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We are nearly home; I can see our street.[↗](../../nearly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant himself nearly went mad.[↗](../../nearly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-second Path is the Faithful Intelligence, and is so called because by it spiritual virtues are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow.[↗](../../nearly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../nearly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-second Path is the Faithful Intelligence and is so called because by it spiritual virtues are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow.[↗](../../nearly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../nearly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **nearness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being close in distance.[↗](../../nearness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being close in time, as in "the nearness of the holidays".[↗](../../nearness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being close in a relationship or feeling.[↗](../../nearness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nearness of the school means I can walk there.[↗](../../nearness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We loved the nearness of the beach.[↗](../../nearness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nearness of Christmas made everyone excited.[↗](../../nearness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nearness of the storm made the dog nervous.[↗](../../nearness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt a nearness to her grandmother when she read her letters.[↗](../../nearness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nearness of the two planets made them look like one bright star.[↗](../../nearness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The house's nearness to the motorway made it noisy.[↗](../../nearness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet there was no sign to tell her of their nearness.[↗](../../nearness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.[↗](../../nearness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nearness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **neat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tidy and in good order: «a neat bedroom».[↗](../../neat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done carefully and clearly: «neat handwriting».[↗](../../neat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, especially US) Very good, cool: «That's a neat trick!».[↗](../../neat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Clever and simple: «a neat solution».[↗](../../neat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (of a drink) With no water or ice added.[↗](../../neat/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep your desk neat and tidy.[↗](../../neat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has very neat handwriting.[↗](../../neat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Line up your numbers neatly in columns.[↗](../../neat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wow, that's a neat trick\![↗](../../neat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He folded his clothes in a neat pile.[↗](../../neat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Using a pattern was a neat way to solve the puzzle.[↗](../../neat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My room is neater than my brother's.[↗](../../neat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Little as Geppetto’s house was, it was neat and comfortable.[↗](../../neat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **neatly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order.[↗](../../neatly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Neatly can mean cleverly and skilfully, with no fuss, like a problem neatly solved.[↗](../../neatly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please write neatly in your book.[↗](../../neatly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She folded her clothes neatly.[↗](../../neatly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Line up the numbers neatly in columns before you add.[↗](../../neatly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The books were stacked neatly on the shelf.[↗](../../neatly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was neatly dressed for the photo.[↗](../../neatly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle piece fitted neatly into place.[↗](../../neatly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat neatly jumped onto the wall.[↗](../../neatly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tidy your desk neatly before you go home.[↗](../../neatly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · No six men could have divided the herd so neatly.[↗](../../neatly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../neatly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../neatly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../neatly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **neatness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged.[↗](../../neatness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our teacher gives a sticker for neatness.[↗](../../neatness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neatness counts in your science book.[↗](../../neatness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I admired the neatness of her drawing.[↗](../../neatness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His room is famous for its neatness.[↗](../../neatness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take care with the neatness of your answers.[↗](../../neatness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Neatness helps others read your work.[↗](../../neatness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If there is any mistake in the order of neatness in the various birds' nests, I must have learnt my lesson badly.[↗](../../neatness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nebuchadnezzar** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The name of the powerful king of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and its Temple in 586 BCE.[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever\![↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nebuchadnezzar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nebula** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space.[↗](../../nebula/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some nebulae are places where new stars are being born; others are what is left after a star dies.[↗](../../nebula/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Orion Nebula is a nursery for new stars.[↗](../../nebula/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The telescope photo showed a glowing pink nebula.[↗](../../nebula/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A nebula is made of gas and dust.[↗](../../nebula/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Crab Nebula came from an exploded star.[↗](../../nebula/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our Sun was born from a nebula.[↗](../../nebula/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nebula looked like a giant space cloud.[↗](../../nebula/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **nec** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The first part of "necessity", broken off at the end of a printed line.[↗](../../nec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not a word on its own.[↗](../../nec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence.[↗](../../nec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../nec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **necessarily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case.[↗](../../necessarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that cannot be different; because it must be so.[↗](../../necessarily/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Big dogs are not necessarily scary.[↗](../../necessarily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An expensive toy is not necessarily better.[↗](../../necessarily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A longer word is not necessarily harder to spell.[↗](../../necessarily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Will it rain?»[↗](../../necessarily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") «Not necessarily.»[↗](../../necessarily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Taller people do not necessarily run faster.[↗](../../necessarily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Something on the internet is not necessarily true.[↗](../../necessarily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A shape with four sides is not necessarily a square.[↗](../../necessarily/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?”[↗](../../necessarily/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 23) The ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and He is necessarily, He, the immediate effect of Him, as an absolute unity, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../necessarily/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He failed, however, to see that by way of contrast riTnr must necessarily mean consonants.[↗](../../necessarily/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../necessarily/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **necessary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Needed; something you must have or must do.[↗](../../necessary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «If necessary» means «if it is needed».[↗](../../necessary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Food and water are necessary for life.[↗](../../necessary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it necessary to bring a packed lunch?[↗](../../necessary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Take an umbrella if necessary.[↗](../../necessary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A helmet is necessary when you ride a scooter.[↗](../../necessary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only take the things that are necessary for the trip.[↗](../../necessary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Light is necessary for photosynthesis.[↗](../../necessary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make more noise than necessary.[↗](../../necessary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing more is necessary, only to stir it."[↗](../../necessary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Attention must be called to the essential peculiarity of Hebrew doctrines, the inextricable and necessary associa- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../necessary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners.[↗](../../necessary/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../necessary/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Numeral characters, were first invented because they were first necessary to mankind."[↗](../../necessary/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Th.[↗](../../necessary/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../necessary/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.[↗](../../necessary/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.23.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../necessary/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **necessitate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To necessitate something is to make it necessary or needed.[↗](../../necessitate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To necessitate means to force something to happen because there is no other way.[↗](../../necessitate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heavy rain necessitated closing the school field.[↗](../../necessitate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A broken leg will necessitate a long rest.[↗](../../necessitate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The larger class size necessitates an additional teacher.[↗](../../necessitate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip necessitated an early start.[↗](../../necessitate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the bridge necessitated a lot of planning.[↗](../../necessitate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Determine how many boxes the delivery necessitates.[↗](../../necessitate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His injury necessitated a visit to hospital.[↗](../../necessitate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nor is there, after all, so close a relation between the two types in their full development as to necessitate the derivation of one from the other.[↗](../../necessitate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **necessity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that you need and cannot do without: water is a necessity.[↗](../../necessity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The fact of being needed: the necessity of sleep.[↗](../../necessity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A situation that forces you to do something: out of necessity.[↗](../../necessity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* necessities (plural): the basic things needed to live, such as food and shelter.[↗](../../necessity/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Food, water and shelter are basic necessities.[↗](../../necessity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A coat is a necessity in a Canadian winter.[↗](../../necessity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a phone a necessity or a luxury?[↗](../../necessity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked to school out of necessity because the bus broke down.[↗](../../necessity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Necessity is the mother of invention.[↗](../../necessity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sleep is a necessity, not a choice.[↗](../../necessity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We packed only the necessities for camping.[↗](../../necessity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I only made up my mind to do it out of necessity.[↗](../../necessity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/6/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)