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NEEDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Necessary for relief or supply
Example:
provided them with all things needful
Synonyms:
needed; needful; required; requisite
Classified under:
Similar:
necessary (absolutely essential)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb need
Context examples:
More testing may be needed to make sure a negative test result is correct.
(Negative test result, NCI Dictionary)
"And so you came to find that it was not too poor, but the one precious thing I needed," whispered Jo.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A prescription is needed for nicotine nasal spray.
(Nicotine nasal spray, NCI Dictionary)
Nipent blocks a protein needed for cell growth and may kill cancer cells.
(Nipent, NCI Dictionary)
This new analysis also shows that these stars were the only sources needed to clear the "opaque fog" that permeated the early universe.
(First Stars Formed Later Than We Thought, NASA)
"Longer wavelengths of light are needed for bioimaging because they can penetrate farther into tissues than visible wavelength photons," said Northwestern's Teri Odom, who co-led the research.
(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)
In cancer, it may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking certain proteins needed for tumor cells to grow and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
(NG-nitro-L-arginine, NCI Dictionary)
If you are feeding me now for work performed, why did you not feed me then when I needed it?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A prescription is not needed for nicotine gum.
(Nicotine gum, NCI Dictionary)
More testing, such as an HPV test, may be needed.
(ASCUS, NCI Dictionary)
