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needs
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ni?dz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /nidz/
- Rhymes: -i?dz
Etymology 1
From Middle English nedes (“of necessity, necessarily; inevitably, unavoidably”) [and other forms], from Old English n?des, n?edes (“of necessity; not willingly”), originally the genitive form of n?ed (“necessity, need; distress”), from n?ed + -es (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). N?ed is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *naut- (“misfortune, torment”), from *n?w- (“corpse; the dead”).
The English word is equivalent to need +? -'s (possessive marker) and hence to need +? -s (suffix forming adverbs).
Adverb
needs (not comparable)
- (archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.
Alternative forms
- needes (obsolete)
Derived terms
- must needs, needs must
- needs-cost
- needs must when the devil drives
Translations
Etymology 2
From need +? -s.
Noun
needs
- plural of need
Etymology 3
From need +? -s.
Verb
needs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need
Usage notes
- When need is used as a modal verb, no -s is added in the third-person singular, just as no -s is added to the other modal verbs, for example “she need not [instead of needs not] go to school today”.
References
Anagrams
- Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, dense, edens, sende, sneed
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needing
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?d??
Verb
needing
- present participle of need
Noun
needing (plural needings)
- A need.
- 1733, Daniel Turner, The Ancient Physician's Legacy Impartially Survey'd
- […] the pinching of the Penis in young Children, upon their Needings to the urinary Excretion […]
- 1733, Daniel Turner, The Ancient Physician's Legacy Impartially Survey'd
Anagrams
- engined
needing From the web:
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- what does needing substantial development mean
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