Needs
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /niːdz/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Needs is an adverb meaning plural of need.
Meaning
plural of need.
More Meanings
- third-person singular simple present indicative of need
- (archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.
Example Sentences
To haue no Schreene between this part he plaid, / And him he plaid it for, he needes will be / Abſolute Millaine,[…]
So ſtooping down, as needs he muſt / Who cannot ſit upright, / He graſp'd the mane with both his hands / And eke with all his might.
―And the maſter of my hotel, ſaid I, as I concluded it, will needs have it, Monſieur le Count, that I ſhall be ſent to the Baſtile— […]
Sole partner and ſole part of all theſe joyes, / Dearer thy ſelf then all; needs muſt the Power / That made us, and for us this ample World / Be infinitly good, […]
Word Forms
- needes
Synonyms for needs
Depending on context, synonyms include inevitably, necessarily.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include necessarily, inevitably, necessitate, necessity, necessary, required.
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