Dictionary  ne•ces•si•tyPronunciation: (nu-ses'i-tē), [key] —n., —pl. -ties. 1. something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. 2. the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing. 3. an imperative requirement or need for something: the necessity for a quick decision. 4. the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: to face the necessity of testifying in court. 5. an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something: not by choice but by necessity. 6. a state of being in financial need; poverty: a family in dire necessity. 7. Philos.the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws. 8. of necessity, as an inevitable result; unavoidably; necessarily: Our trip to China must of necessity be postponed for a while. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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