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Adverb: needs  needz
Usage: archaic
  1. In such a manner as could not be otherwise
    "we must needs be objective";
    - inevitably, necessarily, of necessity
Noun: need  need
  1. A condition requiring relief
    - demand
  2. Anything that is necessary but lacking
    "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs";
    - want
    - motivation, motive
  4. A state of extreme poverty or destitution
    "a general state of need exists among the homeless";
    - indigence, penury, pauperism, pauperization
Verb: need  need
    "This job needs a lot of patience and skill";
    - necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand
  2. Have a requirement for
    "This piano needs the attention of a competent tuner";
    - want, require
  3. Have or feel a need for
    "always needing friends and money"

Sounds like: kn

Type of: be, condition, essential, immiseration, immiserisation [Brit], immiserization, impoverishment, necessary, necessity, poorness, poverty, psychological feature, requirement, requisite, status

Encyclopedia: Needs