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needst

needst is the second-person singular simple present indicative of need.

Meaning of need

Verb

need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past and past participle needed)

  1. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
    • Living things need water to survive.
  2. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
    • After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
    Synonyms:
    desire, wish for, would like, want, will, be without, lack
  3. (modal) To be obliged or required (to do something).
    • I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
  4. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
    • When we have done it, we have done our duty, and all that is in our power, and indeed all that needs.1694, [John Locke], chapter 21, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Dring, […]; and Samuel Manship, […], →OCLC, book II, page 143
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
    • More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

See all 8 meanings of need

Forms of needst

alternative formneed'st
alternative formneedest

Questions about needst

What is needst the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Needst is the second-person singular simple present indicative of need.

Words near needst in the dictionary

  1. needs-blind
  2. needs-cost
  3. Needses
  4. needsly
  5. needsome
  6. needst
  7. needta
  8. needways
  9. needwise
  10. needworthy
  11. needy

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