absolute necessity

collocation in English

meaningsofabsoluteandnecessity

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/
us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabsolute necessity

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Demonstration of any expressive vocabulary would indicate that overt production is not anabsolutenecessityfor some expressive vocabulary growth to occur.
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Stateproduction should only be introduced under the pressure ofabsolutenecessity.
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Theabsolutenecessityto align the contexts of phones with the users' economic capacity applies likewise to the usage and the maintenance of mobile phones.
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It also underlines theabsolutenecessityof considering process as well as product, in any presentation of research work.
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But in order to maintain this fantasy, peace is anabsolutenecessity.
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Theabsolutenecessityfor privatisation and liberalisation in order to curb rent seeking behaviour can then be questioned.
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It was a sign of group commitment, which was considered anabsolutenecessityin both fields.
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Some kind of government is at all times anabsolutenecessityas the only alternative to anarchy.
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It asserted that it was iniquitous to inflict suffering on any sentient being, except when self-defence orabsolutenecessitycould be justified.
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Behavioral variability, both between and within individuals, is anabsolutenecessityfor phylogenetic and ontological adaptation.
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Knowledge about the effectiveness of routine interventions is anabsolutenecessityto eliminate interventions that can have deleterious effects.
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These par ts explain theabsolutenecessityof including the other two major components of the text - the historical sections and the "voices from the past" sections.
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But clinical phenomenology is ofabsolutenecessity.
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Dependence upon a husband was no longer anabsolutenecessityand women, if widowed early, need not remarry.
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It is not anabsolutenecessity.
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It also emphasises theabsolutenecessityof promoting and encouraging women's access to all the artistic professions in which they are in the minority.
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It is not presumptuousness, it is not arrogance, it is anabsolutenecessity!
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Reductions in vehicle emission are anabsolutenecessityand the report reflects sensible proposals which will achieve that.
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Equality before the law and confidence in it is anabsolutenecessityfor developing countries.
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