Definitions
01requirements
A1 · Beginner Plural noun
n. the things that you must have to live or to be successful.
n. the essential requirements or necessities for survival, well-being, or the completion of a task.
“The charity provides for the basic needs of families, such as food and clean water.”
“The social worker conducted a thorough assessment to ensure the patient's psychological and physical needs were being met by the facility.”
Synonyms
02necessarily
C2 · Proficiency Archaic · Literary
adv. an old-fashioned way to say 'necessarily' or 'must'.
adv. of necessity or necessarily; almost exclusively used in the fixed construction 'must needs'.
“If you must needs go to the city today, please be careful.”
“The protagonist felt he must needs confront his rival before the sun set on the final day of the festival.”
Usage
Usually follows the auxiliary verb 'must'.
Teaching tip
This adverbial sense is rare in modern English; students will mostly encounter it in Shakespeare or historical literature.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English nedes (“of necessity, necessarily; inevitably, unavoidably”) [and other forms], from Old English nēdes, nīedes (“of necessity; not willingly”), from nīed + -es (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). The English word is equivalent to need + -'s (possessive marker) and hence to need + -s (suffix forming adverbs).
From need + -s.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Idioms
- Exam level
- CambridgeCambridgeCambridge English QualificationsThe exam suite from Cambridge University Press & Assessment, from A1 Movers up to C2 Proficiency. The benchmark names double as CEFR labels.A1 MoversIELTSIELTSInternational English Language Testing SystemThe 0–9 band test co-owned by the British Council, IDP, and Cambridge. Used for university entry, work, and migration.2.0–3.0TOEFL iBTTOEFL iBTTest of English as a Foreign Language, Internet-Based TestETS's academic English test, the standard route for US university admissions. Scored 0–120, with a 1–6 scale since 2026.1–6 scale: 1.0–1.50–23TOEICTOEICTest of English for International CommunicationETS's workplace English test, big in Japan and Korea. Listening & Reading scores 10–990 and tops out at C1.120–224
- Frequency
- Very common
- Level
- A1 · Beginner
- Updated
- アルファベット
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QR code
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