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

An emergency declaration has a narrow scope of assistance when an unexpected event necessitates an immediate response from routine resources like local police, fire and emergency medical services. —Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024

Startups and new ventures often operate with tight budgets and limited resources, necessitating a focus on generalists who can handle a wide range of tasks rather than specialists with deep expertise in a single area. —Pandwe Gibson, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

By 2030, data centers may undergo a radical transformation, necessitating fundamental breakthroughs in the underlying physical infrastructure of computing. —Vipul Ved Prakash, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024

Because the team will rely heavily on oxygen supplies during preparations for and while executing a spacewalk, the Polaris Dawn mission will have only about five or six days’ worth of oxygen supplies on board, necessitating an on-time return, according to Isaacman. —Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

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