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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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Word 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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The example I used, talking to some investment managers a couple of weeks ago, is that you have a government treasury secretary who needs to finance fiscal deficits by selling treasury bonds.

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In that case, they go into what's known as "no overall control", so the biggest party needs votes from the others to get their way.

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He said that Lucy "needs to have the best opportunities going forward in the world", and that can "only be done in a placement in an alternative family".

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"It needs determination, needs focus. You need to not be distracted by what other people are doing around you," she says.

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The airport also said it accepts a requirement to have 54% of passengers using public transport before it brings the Northern Runway into operation - but it needs support.

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