Word: necessity
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
ces
si
ty
Definition: Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
Morphemes:
Affix: necessity
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ne-
Language: la
Decoded: ne-
Meaning: un-: not
Affix: cessus
Language: la
Decoded: cessus
Meaning: yielded
Affix: -tās
Language: la
Decoded: -tas
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.