necessitate

[nuh-ses-i-teyt]

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.

necessitate

/ nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result

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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of necessitate¹

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

Example Sentences

The company's lawyers say they "attempted informal resolution of the dispute" with Lizzo's team, "but reached an impasse, necessitating the filing of this case".

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Even more disturbing: Someone played a prank and damaged her electric doorbell, necessitating a repair that cost several hundred dollars.

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This adoration necessitated objectification, and from the 1970s onward, Updike’s fiction came in for a good deal of feminist scorn.

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This is a burden necessitated by violent antisemitism.

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Horvath, who authored the motion, supported these suggestions but argued that the extreme situation necessitates bold action to protect residents from the economic harm of immigration raids.

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Related Words

• constrain 
• entail 
• require