Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Of necessity; necessarily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of necessity; necessarily; unavoidably: generally used with must.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with
must , and equivalent toof need .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with
must , and equivalent to "of need". - noun Plural form of
need . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
need .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in such a manner as could not be otherwise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Discriminating and broad-minded criticism is what the South needs, needs it for the sake of her own white sons and daughters, and for the insurance of robust, healthy mental and moral development.
III. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others. William Edward Burghardt 1903
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Launched in February 2011, the label needs a little introduction, given that the term "biobased," although familiar-sounding, represents more than meets the eye.
Jacquelyn Ottman: The Rise of the Biobased Economy... And Why Brand Owners Need to Develop a Strategy in 2012 Jacquelyn Ottman 2012
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I think the term needs rebranding so that it doesn't have that tinge of moral superiority.
Toni Nagy: Natural Childbirth: 4 Key Strategies To Help You Through Toni Nagy 2011
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I think the term needs rebranding so that it doesn't have that tinge of moral superiority.
Toni Nagy: Natural Childbirth: 4 Key Strategies To Help You Through Toni Nagy 2011
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I think the term needs rebranding so that it doesn't have that tinge of moral superiority.
Toni Nagy: Natural Childbirth: 4 Key Strategies To Help You Through Toni Nagy 2011
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I think the term needs rebranding so that it doesn't have that tinge of moral superiority.
Toni Nagy: Natural Childbirth: 4 Key Strategies To Help You Through Toni Nagy 2011
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A label needs to take risks on bands it believes in but at the same time, each release has to be successful, albeit not always in a financial sense.
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Launched in February 2011, the label needs a little introduction, given that the term "biobased," although familiar-sounding, represents more than meets the eye.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jacquelyn Ottman 2012
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Readers pick up genre books because they want the writer to meet certain needs and one of those needs is originality of concept.
Interview: Michael Arnzen odysseyworkshop 2009
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I'm in Brooklyn, have been down to Occupy Wall Street quite a few times and the word needs to get out those who are not here to witness this in person.
Liz Neumark: The Best Acre on the Planet Liz Neumark 2011
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