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

• require
• need

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

While liquidity is manageable in the near term, the company's high leverage necessitates future profitability to maintain its capital structure, especially as production grows and interest obligations escalate. Valuation: Too Much, Too Fast? —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

According to the Social Security Administration, more than eight million people who receive the monthly payments require assistance managing their finances, necessitating the designation of representative payees. —Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025

In Askren’s case, the infection was so severe that both lungs failed, necessitating a double lung transplant. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 July 2025

That necessitated a new interface system, which is still used today. —Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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