NEEDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does needs mean? 

• NEEDS (adverb)
  The adverb NEEDS has 1 sense:

1. in such a manner as could not be otherwise

  Familiarity information: NEEDS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEEDS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In such a manner as could not be otherwise

Synonyms:

inevitably; necessarily; needs; of necessity

Context example:

we must needs by objective

 Context examples 

Much more needs to be done to get FKBP1 inhibitors to the point where they could be used as a drug molecule in human testing.

(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Just having more brown fat alone is not enough - the tissue also needs to be activated.

(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)

This is an area that needs fire in order to maintain its animal and vegetable species diversity.

(Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, SciDev.Net)

ODLs act on the ribosome — the molecular machine of individual cells that makes the proteins it needs to function — of bacterial cells.

(A New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New therapies that specifically target and eradicate these cancer stem cells are needed to prevent tumors growing and spreading, but for that there needs to be more clarity around the target.

(‘Energetic Cancer Cells’ May Be Origin of Cancer Spread, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study of how nutritional needs change with aging.

(Aging and Nutrition, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common cause of anemia is not having enough iron. Your body needs iron to make hemoglobin.

(Anemia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

If another disease is the cause, it needs to be treated.

(Amyloidosis, NIH)

A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy and work the way it should.

(Alpha-tocopherol, NCI Dictionary)

A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.

(All-trans retinoic acid, NCI Dictionary)