needful

/'ni:dful/

Definition

Adjective:
- Necessary, required, or essential: "Needful" describes something that is indispensable or required to meet a need or achieve a purpose.
- Being in need of something: In some contexts, it can describe a state of being in want or requiring aid.

Examples of Usage

Adjective:
- The charity provided the needful supplies to the disaster victims. (The charity provided the necessary supplies to the disaster victims.)
- Please do the needful and submit the report by Friday. (Please do what is necessary and submit the report by Friday.)
- He focused on the needful repairs to make the house safe. (He focused on the essential repairs to make the house safe.)

Advanced Usage

"to do the needful": A formal or bureaucratic phrase meaning to take the necessary action or steps.
- The manager instructed his assistant to do the needful to resolve the client's complaint. (The manager instructed his assistant to take the necessary steps to resolve the client's complaint.)
"all things needful": A phrase meaning everything that is necessary or required.
- The expedition was equipped with all things needful for survival in the Arctic. (The expedition was equipped with everything necessary for survival in the Arctic.)

Variants and Related Words

Needfully (adverb): In a necessary manner.
- The funds were needfully allocated to the most urgent projects. (The funds were necessarily allocated to the most urgent projects.)
Needfulness (noun): The state or quality of being necessary.
- The needfulness of the new policy was debated by the committee. (The necessity of the new policy was debated by the committee.)

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"Do the needful": As noted in advanced usage, this is a set phrase, especially common in formal or business correspondence in some varieties of English, meaning to perform the required actions.

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