Necessity and Wish

Necessity

Necessity noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

Usage example: on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity

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

Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.

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Necessity and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessity" instead a noun "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

good	good necessity	good wish
pure	pure necessity	pure wish
similar	similar necessity	similar wish
simple	simple necessity	simple wish
Other adjectives: actual, bad, new, desperate, apparent, last.

Yet, it is the necessity of an understanding of the method by which to produce a miracle that Kiritsugu needs to make his initial, six-year-old-boy's wish a reality.

Source: The Antichrist
The necessity to make a specific wish only became important when Tao Pai Pai killed a newfound friend of Goku's while searching for the Dragonballs.

Source: Mac Guffin / Anime and Manga
He only tells Jonathon as a matter of trust and necessity and does not wish Ninette to know the truth.

Source: Literature / Elemental Masters

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