needed

adj
/ˈniː.dɪd/UK/ˈni.dɪd/US

Etymology

From need + -ed. The adjective is derived from the verb.

  1. derived from *new-
  2. inherited from *niudi — “desire, eagerness
  3. inherited from nēod — “desire, longing
  4. derived from *neh₂w- — “death
  5. inherited from *naudiz
  6. inherited from *naudi
  7. inherited from nīed
  8. inherited from need
  9. suffixed as needed — “need + ed

Definitions

  1. Necessary

    Necessary; being required.

    • A much-needed rest.
    • Just-in-time as-needed support for in-house training
    • And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts...
  2. simple past and past participle of need

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at needed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at needed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at needed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA