needs
English
/niːdz/
adv
Definitions
- (dated) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must (must)), and equivalent to "of need".
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nedes inherited from Old English nēdes affix from English need (desire, necessity, need), need (desire, necessity, need).
Origin
English
need
Gloss
desire, necessity, need
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cost English
- need English
- needed English
- needer English
- needest English
- needeth English
- needful English
- needless English
- needling English
- needly English
- needment English
- needn't English
- neednae English
- needs-cost English
- needsly English
- needsome English
- needways English
- needwise English
- needworthy English
- needy English
- preneed English
- ニーズ Japanese
- nēdes Old English
- nedes Middle English
- need Middle English
- needis cost Middle English
- nidim Tok Pisin