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Necessitate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Necessitate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

require as useful, just, or proper

"It takes nerve to do what she did"

"success usually requires hard work"

"This job asks a lot of patience and skill"

"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"

"This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"

"This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

2

cause to be a concomitant

3

To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.

Example Sentences
"It takes nerve to do what she did" verb
"success usually requires hard work" verb
"This job asks a lot of patience and skill" verb
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice" verb
"This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert" verb
"This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
rid of
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lead
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
claim govern draw cost cry out for compel entail
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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