ALL meanings of needs
needs
N n - adverb needs of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must): It must needs be so. It needs must be. 1
- noun needs a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there. 1
- noun needs a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary: to fulfill the needs of the assignment. 1
- noun needs urgent want, as of something requisite: He has no need of your charity. 1
- noun needs necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case: There is no need to worry. 1
- noun needs a situation or time of difficulty; exigency: to help a friend in need; to be a friend in need. 1
- noun needs a condition marked by the lack of something requisite: the need for leadership. 1
- noun needs destitution; extreme poverty: The family's need is acute. 1
- verb with object needs to have need of; require: to need money. 1
- verb without object needs to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and followed by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d person singular the form is need, not needs): He need not go. 1
- verb without object needs to be in need or want. 1
- verb without object needs to be necessary: There needs no apology. 1
- idioms needs if need be, should the necessity arise: If need be, I can type the letters myself. 1
- noun needs Cannot avoid or help doing something. 1
- adverb needs of necessity 0
- noun plural needs what is required; necessities 0
- adverb needs of necessity; necessarily 0