adv
Meaning 1
Of necessity or need; necessarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: needs must
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
needs-cost
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History
Etymology
From Middle English needis cost, nedes cost, from needes (genitive of need (“need”)) + cost (“means”); synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of needs + cost.