necessitate

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

Synonyms

• bear
• challenge
• claim
• demand
• need
• require
• take
• want
• warrant

Examples of necessitate in a Sentence

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

But injuries — which necessitated a 2021 Tommy John surgery and last year’s flexor tendon procedure — repeatedly have derailed the flame-thrower, limiting him to 20 starts since 2021. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024

The film had five times the budget of Jockey, and necessitated a much larger cast and crew. —Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024

This situation has necessitated strategic planning to close this budget gap. —Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

At early stages, many of these stemmed from changes in designs necessitated by a better and improved understanding of plasmas held at extreme pressures and temperatures due to better modeling capabilities and a better understanding of the behavior of plasmas in smaller reactions. —John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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