necessitate

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verb

ne·​ces·​si·​tate ni-ˈse-sə-ˌtāt 

necessitated; necessitating

transitive verb

1

: to make necessary : require

Business was growing, which necessitated the hiring of additional employees.

2

: force, compel

was necessitated to choose some other route

necessitation

ni-ˌse-sə-ˈtā-shən 

noun

necessitation

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noun

ne·​ces·​si·​ta·​tion

plural -s

: the act of necessitating or condition of being necessitated

the absence of necessitation by the past

—A. C. Ewing

is good by free choice, not necessitation

—Nicholas Rescher

Synonyms of necessitate

Verb

• require
• need

Examples of necessitate in a Sentence

Verb

New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.

getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

With Saudi Arabia signed on to host the 2034 World Cup, FIFA will have to trot out a reprise of the November-December schedule that was necessitated by holding the 2022 tourney in Qatar. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026

Experts warn that rising CO2 levels will increase heatwave frequency and intensity, necessitating both emissions reduction and adaptation strategies. — Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Releasing air to control buoyancy necessitates an awareness of the environment, after all. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

The platform ties into to a bigger idea about how marketplaces are closely linked with the communities that necessitated them. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for necessitate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

necessitate

verb

ne·​ces·​si·​tate ni-ˈses-ə-ˌtāt 

necessitated; necessitating

: to make necessary

sick enough to necessitate staying home

necessitation

-ˌses-ə-ˈtā-shən 

noun