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/ne.se.si.te/
Translation
necessity, need
Word origin
From Latin necessitas, from necesse ('unavoidable, needful'). English necessity comes from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- necessitas
- English cognates
- necessity, necessary
Grammar
Examples
, .
He acted out of necessity, not choice.
L' potable .
Clean drinking water is a basic necessity.
réformer .
The need to reform the system is obvious.
The set phrase produits de première nécessité means "essential goods" - the everyday things a household cannot do without. It comes up often in news coverage of prices and shortages.
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