needs

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːdz

Adverb

needs (not comparable)

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

Translations

of necessity

• Finnish: välttämättä (fi), pakosti (fi)

Noun

needs

1. Plural form of need

Verb

needs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need.

Anagrams

• denes
• dense