English-Dutch translations for necessity

• nood
  Men zegt dat nood vindingrijk maakt.It is said that necessity is the mother of invention.
  Door de nood gedwongen hebben we veranderingen doorgevoerd die heel lonend zullen zijn. Forced by necessity, we have made changes which will be very fruitful.
  Maar vooralsnog dienen we van de nood een deugd te maken en moeten we met de bestaande regels zien te leven. For the moment we must make a virtue of necessity and live with the existing rules.

Definition of necessity

• The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
• The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
• Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
• The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
• Indispensable requirements (of life

Examples

• I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined
• A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping
• doctrine of necessity

Related words

• necessity is the mother of invention
• necessity knows no law
• necessity money
• make a virtue of necessity
• military necessity
• by necessity