necessitate

verb

ne·​ces·​si·​tate ni-ˈse-sə-ˌtāt 

necessitated; necessitating

transitive verb

1

: to make necessary : require

Business was growing, which necessitated the hiring of additional employees.

2

: force, compel

was necessitated to choose some other route

necessitation

ni-ˌse-sə-ˈtā-shən 

noun

Synonyms

• bear
• challenge
• claim
• demand
• need
• require
• take
• want
• warrant

Examples of necessitate in a Sentence

New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.

getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall

Recent Examples on the Web

The procedure revealed severe and unexpected damage, necessitating reconstruction. —David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025

The legislature passed a law to that effect in 2021, but it was later struck down by the Colorado Supreme Court as unconstitutional, necessitating the amendment. —Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025

Just over a year later, in February 2020, Jones had vocal chord surgery that left her unable to speak for six weeks, necessitating a break from the show. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025

This necessitated a 48-hour delay because a Falcon 9 rocket carrying two private lunar landers, one built by Firefly and the other ispace, is due to launch during a similar early morning window on Wednesday. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

necessitate

verb

ne·​ces·​si·​tate ni-ˈses-ə-ˌtāt 

necessitated; necessitating

: to make necessary

sick enough to necessitate staying home

necessitation

-ˌses-ə-ˈtā-shən 

noun