Needs vs. Necessitate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Needs and Necessitate
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Needs
Of necessity; necessarily
We must needs go.
Necessitate
To make necessary or unavoidable.
Needs
(archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.
Necessitate
To require or compel.
Needs
Plural of need
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Necessitate
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
The early departure of her plane necessitated her waking up at 4 a.m.
Needs
Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; - often with must, and equivalent to of need.
A man must needs love mauger his head.
And he must needs go through Samaria.
He would needs know the cause of his repulse.
Necessitate
To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court.
This fact necessitates a second line.
Needs
In such a manner as could not be otherwise;
It is necessarily so
We must needs by objective
Necessitate
To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York.
Necessitate
Require as useful, just, or proper;
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 postulates a patient's consent
Necessitate
Cause to be a concomitant
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