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English verb: necessitate | |||
| 1. | necessitate (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
| Samples | It takes nerve to do what she did. Success usually requires hard work. This job asks a lot of patience and skill. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent. | ||
| Synonyms | ask, call for, demand, involve, need, postulate, require, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
| Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
| Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
| 2. | necessitate (stative) cause to be a concomitant | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lead | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | entail, imply, mean | ||
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