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[ adjective ] necessary for relief or supply
Examples "provided them with all things needful" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)A balanced resistance bridge and a pen recorder are all the electronic instrumentation needed . (Sports Age, 24:9...)Help is needed from dealers , at the grass-roots level . Consider the equipment needed to protect this many from the weather , to make their cooking easy and their sleeping comfortable . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)If you are going_to farm for extra cash income on a part-time basis you must keep in mind the needed machinery investments when you choose among farm enterprises . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)A broader concept of imitation is needed , one which acknowledges that true invention is important , that the artist 's creativity in part transcends the non artistic causal_factors out of which it arises . Related terms |
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