dire necessity

collocation in English

meaningsofdireandnecessity

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dire
adjective
uk
/daɪər/us
/daɪr/
very serious ...
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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofdireandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Coresidence of the aged with their children in the nineteenth century was not merely a form of old-age support, resorted to only in cases ofdirenecessity.
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Gesture takes on language properties only bydirenecessity, which is surely not the sort of evidence that compels a view that language evolved sequentially from gesture to speech.
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These bricks were purchased at a time ofdirenecessityto supplement the number of bricks produced here.
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I do so because of thedirenecessityof many of the farmers in my country.
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In theirdirenecessitythey have called upon us to come to their rescue, which, of course, we must and no doubt will do.
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We have been pursuing this course energetically for a long time past—out ofdirenecessity, if for no other reasons.
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There can be no doubt of thedirenecessityof doing something in this direction.
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Only in that way, in my view, can be obtained that spiritual sanity which is thedirenecessityof our time.
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Because of the convertibility crisis and thedirenecessitywhich faced us.
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Thus, the common agricultural policy was born out ofdirenecessity.
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Mechanical restraint, padded rooms and so on, are hardly employed at all, except in oases of quitedirenecessitywhere it is a compulsion.
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They were started underdirenecessity, for they sought to bring some stability for employment and trade in a highly unstable period.
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We all feel thedirenecessitythere is for better accommodation for workers in country districts.
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However, they do not say why the police need the powers and have given no evidence of thedirenecessityfor them.
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Does he accept also that much of that money is ofdirenecessitybecause of the shortage of school books?
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Therefore, they regard our armaments as being purely defensive and only increased bydirenecessity.
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It is only in thedirenecessitywhich faces us that we have been forced and compelled to take this action.
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It only brings before us thedirenecessityof doing something in 1953 which was impossible and not necessary in 1887.
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Political action has been forced upon us in the same way as economic action has been forced upon us, bydirenecessity.
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Indeed, thedirenecessityis to encourage, not discourage, the private sector.
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