MEANING
To make something necessary under the circumstances.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- necessitate a change
- necessitate inquiry
On the page
The missing pages necessitated a new search.
The altered route necessitated changes neither traveler planned.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- necessitate
- Past tense
- necessitated
- Past participle
- necessitated
- Present participle
- necessitating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- necessitate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are necessitating
- Present perfect
- have/has necessitated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been necessitating
- Past
- necessitated
- Past continuous
- was/were necessitating
- Past perfect
- had necessitated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been necessitating
- Future
- will necessitate
- Future continuous
- will be necessitating
- Future perfect
- will have necessitated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been necessitating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: necessitate; necessitates; necessitated; necessitated; necessitating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: necessitates.
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