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Definition of necessities : Of necessity.

Synonyms:

needs, inexorabilities, obligations, requirements, demands, mandates, constraints, compulsions

inevitabilities, prerequisites, imperatives, conditions, provisos, stipulations, requisites

Usage examples:

• This is in the nature of things; however, the nature of things has provided for their necessities. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.
• The necessities of a colony in its youth, and the peculiar cast of mind which they serve to induce, are certainly not favourable to the development of poetic genius. - "Leading Articles on Various Subjects", Hugh Miller.
• " We've thrown out all we owned except bare necessities," he explained, patiently. - "The Killer", Stewart Edward White.