needs

[needz]

adverb

1. of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed bymust ).

   It must needs be so.

   It needs must be.

needs

/ niːdz /

adverb

1. (preceded or foll by must) of necessity

   we must needs go

   we will go, if needs must

plural noun

1. what is required; necessities

   the needs of the third world

   his needs are modest

Word History and Origins

Origin of needs¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English nedis, Old English nēdes, originally genitive of nēd need; -s ¹

Example Sentences

Cranbury needs to create 265 such units over the next decade, and since the Henry farm was a nearby piece of open land, the township went for it.

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What America needs is more of its forces in Europe moving east to the Baltics, not west to the U.S.

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Flick said Yamal's groin injury was still an issue that the youngster needs to work on.

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I’m not sure it needs to be that heavy, but I do think it’s not bad to have some sort of proving that needs to go on, before we assume things just because.

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CHENNAI, India — Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move around in the real world.

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