needs
[ needz ]
/ nidz /
adverb
of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must): It must needs be so. It needs must be.
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neencephalon
Definition for needs (2 of 2)
need
[ need ]
/ nid /
noun
verb (used with object)
to have need of; require: to need money.
verb (used without object)
Origin of need
before 900; (noun) Middle English
nede, Old English
nēd (WSaxon
nīed), cognate with German
Not, Old Norse
nauth, Gothic
nauths; (v.) Middle English
neden, Old English
nēodian, derivative of the noun
SYNONYMS FOR need
synonym study for need
2, 3. See
lack.
4.
Need,
necessity imply a want, a lack, or a demand, which must be filled.
Need, a word of Old English origin, has connotations that make it strong in emotional appeal:
the need to be appreciated.
Necessity, a word of Latin origin, is more formal and impersonal or objective; though much stronger than
need in expressing urgency or imperative demand, it is less effective in appealing to the emotions:
Water is a necessity for living things.
7. See
poverty.
OTHER WORDS FROM need
need·er, noun un·need·ed, adjective well-need·ed, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for needs
British Dictionary definitions for needs (1 of 2)
needs
/ (niːdz) /
adverb
(preceded or foll by must)
of necessity
we must needs go; we will go, if needs must
pl n
what is required; necessities
the needs of the third world; his needs are modest
British Dictionary definitions for needs (2 of 2)
need
/ (niːd) /
verb
noun
See also
needs
Word Origin for need
Old English
nēad, nied; related to Old Frisian
nēd, Old Saxon
nōd, Old High German
nōt
Idioms and Phrases with needs
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