necessitate
verb (used with object)
to make necessary or unavoidable.
necessitated
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past participleof necessitate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof necessitate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
necessitateverb (used with object)to make necessary or unavoidable.
Example Sentences
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His extended absence from filmmaking was necessitated by Adrian’s death in 2016 and the monumental torrent of confusion and emotional displacement that followed.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
That could further reward companies already monetizing the historic capital expenditures necessitated by the AI build-out and punish those still burning cash on promises, according to market analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
The U.S. did win a knockout round game in the tournament for just the second time, but that came in a round of 32 necessitated by the World Cup’s expansion to 48 teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
This necessitated a deeper kind of personal growth than does the ordinary maturation from pseudo to solid that Mr. Burgis discusses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The cloud necessitated the hasty evacuation of nearby Marshall Islands residents to Kwajalein Island, four hundred miles distant, where they were treated for radiation sickness.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
