needs

[ needz ]
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adverb
  1. of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must): It must needs be so.It needs must be.

Origin of needs

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English nedis, Old English nēdes, originally genitive of nēd need; see -s1

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British Dictionary definitions for needs

needs

/ (niːdz) /


adverb
  1. (preceded or foll by must) of necessity: we must needs go; we will go, if needs must

pl n
  1. what is required; necessities: the needs of the third world; his needs are modest

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