needs

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of need. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   She needs more time to finish the report.

   He needs help carrying these boxes upstairs.

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of need. Use this form when talking about more than one need.

   The charity meets the basic needs of families after the flood.

   Their needs were simple: food, shelter, and a warm bed.

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3. 3
   adverbarchaic

   Of necessity, used with 'must' to show that something cannot be avoided.

   Travelers must needs cross the river before nightfall.

   Vulcan was a smith as well as Harry Wynd; he would needs wed Venus, and our Chronicles tell us what came of it.

   1828, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the CanongateHere, needs means necessarily, he had to.

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