Necessity and Success

Necessity

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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Success and necessity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Success" instead a noun "Necessity".

Success noun - A person or thing that is successful.

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Necessity and success are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessity" instead a noun "Success".

good	good necessity	good success
best	best necessity	best success
similar	similar necessity	similar success
actual	actual necessity	actual success
Other adjectives: professional, immediate, apparent, military, economic, financial.

The movie instead depicts every battle as wild, berserker charges across an open field into the English lines, success or failure being apparently determined for the most part by narrative necessity.

Source: Hollywood Tactics
Gathering parts is a necessity for success, so that you can form a more flexible battle strategy with your combots.

Source: Video Game / Metal Fatigue
Often suffer some impediment, or endure some prejudice, to the point where being dramatically and demonstrably more awesome than everyone else in their field is a necessity if they're going to be seen as a success at all.

Source: Too Clever by Half

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