EGAVE

necessitate

About 1.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    The early departure of her plane necessitated her waking up at 4 a.m.
  2. verb To force (a person) into a certain course of action; compel.

Similar words

need require demand ask involve take call for needs necessary required

Often followed by

the a an that some more their any changes

Word family

necessitated necessitates necessitating necessitation necessitations

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