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needs

[ needz ]

adverb

  1. of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must ):

    It must needs be so.

    It needs must be.



needs

/ Ծː /

adverb

  1. preceded or foll by must of necessity

    we will go, if needs must

    we must needs go

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

plural noun

  1. what is required; necessities

    his needs are modest

    the needs of the third world

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of needs1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English nedis, Old English ŧ, originally genitive of ŧ need; -s 1
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“They are at the verge of collapsing. The administration needs to move quickly, or it’s going to be chaos and price hikes and empty shelves.”

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Football needs a "modern approach" to alcohol being drunk in the stands, an MP has said.

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He said Clonduff parishioners have told him his old school "badly needs expansion" so he now hopes "they can take full advantage of this".

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I love the the vocal acrobatics, you know, just reminding people that even though it’s a country genre, she could still skate on the track and get the vocals that she needs.

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In an unusual move, the foreign office directly replied to Rubio on X, writing: "We have learnt from our history that right-wing extremism needs to be stopped."

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