needs

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /niːdz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːdz

Adverb

needs (not comparable)

(archaic) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with must, and equivalent to "of need".
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXV, line 3-4:
  We needs must jangle, till at last / We fought and I was beat.

Translations

necessarily — see necessarily

Noun

needs

plural of need

Verb

needs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need

Anagrams

Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, dense, edens, sende, sneed

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