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The correct spelling is needs.
How to pronounce needs
/niːdz/
adverbIPA: /niːdz/
Say it like: Nee-ds
The correct spelling is needs. Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need". For example: "One must needs run when the devil drives."
Usage Examples
“One must needs run when the devil drives.”
“I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.”
“Living things need water to survive.”
Meanings
adverb
- 1.Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need".
noun
- 1.A requirement for something; something needed.
- 2.Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
verb
- 1.To have an absolute requirement for.
- 2.To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
- 3.(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
- 4.To be required; to be necessary.
- 5.To be necessary (to someone).
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