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needs
[ needz ]
/ nidz /
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adverb
of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must): It must needs be so. It needs must be.
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British Dictionary definitions for needs
needs
/ (niːdz) /
adverb
(preceded or foll by must) of necessitywe must needs go; we will go, if needs must
pl n
what is required; necessitiesthe needs of the third world; his needs are modest
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