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Princeton's WordNet

  1. needed, needful, required, requisiteadjective

    necessary for relief or supply

    "provided them with all things needful"

Wiktionary

  1. neededadjective

    Necessary; being needed.

  2. Etymology: From. The adjective follows from the verb.

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  1. needed

    Needed refers to something that is necessary or required for a particular purpose or situation. It implies a lack or absence of the item or action, suggesting that it is crucial or essential to meet certain needs, goals, or expectations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Needed

    of Need

Editors Contribution

  1. needed

    Needed

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    Submitted by psoan31 on September 19, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'needed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #568

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'needed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #995

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of needed in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of needed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of needed in a Sentence

  1. Robert Collier:

    Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

  2. Katy Perry:

    I get really offended at the concept that what came out of the election was that — how do I say this? — impoverished people who are not of color needed more attention. I thought that was kind of crazy, that they might need more television, they have television. [Laughter] It just felt very strange to me. And I thought really, the people who really need to be spoken to are the 50 percent of the population that did not vote at all. Those are the people who need to be more engaged.

  3. Robin Mills:

    Very light Robin Mills crude is not an ideal fit for the European market nor for producing more diesel which is what is really needed.

  4. John Feal:

    There's no meeting yet, and frankly, the White House isn't even needed yet.

  5. Markus Huber:

    At this stage ... it is still unclear if the current up-move has run its course or if this is merely a 'normal' and much needed consolidation before the next leg higher.

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