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Necessary vs Permitted - What's the difference?

necessary | permitted |

As an adjective necessary

is needed, required.

As a noun necessary

is (archaic|british) bathroom, toilet, loo.

As a verb permitted is

(permit).

necessary

English

(wikipedia necessary)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • needed, required
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis necessary he should die.
  • * Tillotson
    • A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
  • Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come.
  • Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.
    • Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

    Synonyms

    * (needed) See also * (such as must be) inevitable, natural

    Antonyms

    * (needed) unnecessary * (such as must be) evitable, incidental, impossible

    Derived terms

    * necessarily * necessary condition

    Related terms

    * necessariness * necessitate * necessitation * necessitousness * necessitude * necessity

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    Noun

    (necessaries)
  • (archaic, British) bathroom, toilet, loo

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    permitted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (permit)
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.