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MUST [muhst] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
must [muhst]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: necessity, essential
Synonyms: charge, commitment, committal, condition, devoir, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, ought, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, sine qua non
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burden
Synonyms: care, commitment, committal, concern, custody, deadweight, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, ought, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight
Main Entry: commitment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assurance; obligation
Synonyms: charge, committal, devoir, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, ought, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word
Antonyms: broken promise, denial, refusal
Example Sentences
  • Instructor must have ability to teach in the university's general education program.
  • But now it has almost caught up with the developed world it must change its approach.
  • Some also suggest that to be invasive, a species must have negative effects on native wildlife.
EXPAND
Main Entry: condition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: requirement, limitation
Synonyms: arrangement, article, catch, codicil, contingency, demand, essential, exception, exemption, fine print, kicker, modification, must, necessity, postulate, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, reservation, rule, sine qua non, small print, stipulation, strings, terms
Main Entry: duty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: responsibility, assignment
Synonyms: burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, devoir, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone, minding the store, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, ought, pains, part, province, role, service, station, string, taking care of business, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work
Antonyms: disregard, irresponsibility
Main Entry: essential
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: necessity, basic
Synonyms: ABCs, bottom line, brass tacks, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes, must, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at
Notes: the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...)
Antonyms: accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia
Main Entry: have
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: endure, bear
Synonyms: allow, be compelled to, be forced to, be one's duty to, be up to, become, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo
Main Entry: necessity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: need, essentiality
Synonyms: call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, desideratum, duress, essence, essential, exaction, exigency, fundamental, godsend, imperative, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, must, necessary, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, obligation, pinch, precondition, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, stress, undeniability, urgency, vital part, vitals, want
Antonyms: desire, want
Main Entry: need
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: want, requirement
Synonyms: charge, commitment, committal, compulsion, demand, desideratum, devoir, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, ought, requisite, right, the urge, urgency, use, weakness, wish
Antonyms: have
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