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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

必要的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bìyào de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Necessary/ˈnɛs.əˌsɛr.i/
adjectivenounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是完成工作所必需的。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Required to be done, achieved, or present; essential.

    "Water is necessary for human survival."
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing that is indispensable or required.

    "He packed only the bare necessaries for the long journey."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'necessarius', meaning unavoidable or indispensable, stemming from 'necesse' (unavoidable), which combines 'ne-' (not) and 'cedere' (to yield). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially denoting things that cannot be dispensed with.

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