necessitate

American  

[nuh-ses-i-teyt] / nəˈsɛs ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used with object)

necessitated, necessitating

1. to make necessary or unavoidable.

   The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.

2. to compel, oblige, or force.

   The new wage demand will necessitate a price increase.

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necessitate British  

/ nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result

2. (usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)

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Other Word Forms

• necessitation noun
• necessitative adjective
• prenecessitate verb (used with object)
• unnecessitated adjective
• unnecessitating adjective

Etymology

Origin of necessitate

1620–30; < Medieval Latin necessitātus, past participle of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Traders are anticipating a big chunk of U.S. production will become blocked in frozen wells when heating demand is highest, necessitating a huge drawdown of domestic stockpiles to keep furnaces and boilers running.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iwerks herself points to the ABC funding, acknowledging that the arrangement simply necessitated the park being completed in a year.

From Los Angeles Times

What has changed to necessitate a midnight curfew being imposed in Sri Lanka?

From BBC

Maersk said it has contingency plans in place should the security situation deteriorate, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider service back to the Cape of Good Hope route.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government is also getting a 25% cut of Nvidia’s sales, part of the deal that is also necessitating a thorough security review and unusual shipment process.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• constrain
• entail
• require