the necessary

noun

British, informal

: whatever is needed for some purpose

I'll do the necessary to get the job done.

Examples of the necessary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Students can reach the end of an assignment, having answered all the questions or produced all the required work, without knowing whether their minds traveled the necessary distance for learning to have actually occurred. — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

The league received the necessary documentation later in the week, league sources said Tuesday. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Each jetpack — the size of a washing machine — will provide the necessary oomph for an out-of-gas satellite to keep operating for several more years instead of retiring. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Educators have also told her that these tools often arrive without the necessary onboarding. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 July 2026

Rhymes for the necessary

• accretionary
• apothecary
• bicentenary
• certiorari
• concessionary
• concretionary
• confectionary
• confectionery
• constabulary
• contemporary
• deflationary
• depositary