🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Necessidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Necessidade

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Necessity/nəˈsɛs.ə.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A água é uma necessidade para a vida."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of being necessary; something that is essential or required.

    "Water is a necessity for all living organisms."
  2. 2

    An essential item or condition that is required for a particular purpose.

    "In the harsh winter, warm clothing became a necessity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin necessitas, stemming from necessus meaning 'unavoidable' or 'indispensable', formed from ne- ('not') and cedere ('to yield'). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the term has historically retained its core sense of an unavoidable requirement or an indispensable condition for existence and action.

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