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

Creating cooler chips Near some data center projects, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and others are building water treatment plants to help treat and recycle the necessary water. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

The Hall said that would lead to a range of three to seven Hall of Famers each year, with by far the most likely number to get the necessary support being either five or six people. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Cruising on Autopilot The ET Max includes a CD-ROM disc with the necessary software and drivers. — David English, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

Scott, who works for the City of Orlando managing contracts for youth programs, nearly won the race outright in August, but fell just shy of the necessary 50-plus-one vote needed to clinch re-election in the primary. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the necessary

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