needs-cost

adverb

Of necessity or need; necessarily.

Similar
needs must
OriginMiddle English needis cost →
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Meanings

adverbneeds-cost (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf necessity or need; necessarily.

    Synonyms: needs must

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbOf necessity or need; necessarily.

Similar
needs must

Origin

  1. Middle Englishneedis cost
  2. Englishneeds-cost

From Middle English needis cost, nedes cost, from needes (genitive of need (“need”)) + cost (“means”); synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of needs + cost.

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needs-cost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/needs-cost

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