needs

adverb
/niːdz/

Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.

Example sentences

“She teaches music to children with special needs.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Everything needs to be cleared out of this room.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“The fulcrum needs to be closer to the center.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "nēdes".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “needs” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.