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Definition of needs in English:

needs

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Pronunciation /nēdz/ /nidz/

adverb

archaic

  • Of necessity.

Phrases

    needs must (or must needs) do something
    archaic

    • Cannot avoid or help doing something.

      ‘they must needs depart’
    needs must
    archaic

    • It is or was necessary or unavoidable.

      ‘if needs must, they will eat any food’
    needs must when the Devil drives
    proverb

    • Sometimes you have to do something you would rather not.

Origin

Old English nēdes(see need, -s).

Pronunciation

needs

/nēdz/ /nidz/