NEEDS

inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needs

(adverb) in such a manner as could not be otherwise; “it is necessarily so”; “we must needs by objective”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adverb

needs (not comparable)

(dated) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need".

Etymology 2

Noun

needs

plural of need

Etymology 3

Verb

needs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need

Anagrams

• Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, dense, edens, sende, sneed

Source: Wiktionary

Needs, adv. Etym: [Orig. gen. of need, used as an adverb. Cf. - wards.]

Definition: Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need. A man must needs love mauger his head. Chaucer. And he must needs go through Samaria. John iv. 4. He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies.

NEED

Need, n. Etym: [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. neád, nyd; akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nauedhr, Sw. & Dan. nöd, Goth. naups.]

1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. And the city had no need of the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. I have no need to beg. Shak. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Jer. Taylor.

2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. Chaucer. Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes. Shak.

3. That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. Situation of need; peril; danger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn.

– Exigency; emergency; strait; extremity; necessity; distress; destitution; poverty; indigence; want; penury.

– Need, Necessity. Necessity is stronger than need; it places us under positive compulsion. We are frequently under the necessity of going without that of which we stand very greatly in need. It is also with the corresponding adjectives; necessitous circumstances imply the direct pressure of suffering; needy circumstances, the want of aid or relief.

Need, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n. Needing.] Etym: [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n to force, Goth. nau.]

Definition: To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief. Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. Milton.

Note: With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary, generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change of termination in the third person singular of the present tense. "And the lender need not fear he shall be injured." Anacharsis (Trans. ).

Need, v. i.

Definition: To be wanted; to be necessary. Chaucer. When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. Locke.

Need, adv.

Definition: Of necessity. See Needs. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition