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It's important for us to become aware of the fact that we are needful, for with that awareness also comes the sensing that we couldn't be needful if there weren't something to fulfill the need.
Guy Finley

Meaning of "needful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEEDFUL

needful  [ˈniːdfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEEDFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Needful can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NEEDFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Do the needful

"Do the needful" is an expression which means "do that which is necessary", with the respectful implication that the other party is trusted to understand what needs doing without being given detailed instruction. The phrase originated from Indian English and its direct translation is जरुरी . The expression is currently used mainly in Indian English. The expression was current in both British and American English well into the early 20th century. This phrase can also have a negative connotation when the person who is saying it is not taking responsibility to ensure the completeness and/or accuracy of the result. The Oxford English Dictionary lists examples of usage from 1709, 1771, 1821, 1831, 1929, and 1992, the last likely used humorously.

Definition of needful in the English dictionary

The definition of needful in the dictionary is necessary; needed; required. Other definition of needful is needy; poverty-stricken.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEEDFUL


aidful
ˈeɪdfʊl
deedful
ˈdiːdfʊl
discordful
dɪsˈkɔːdfʊl
disregardful
ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːdfʊl
dreadful
ˈdrɛdfʊl
foodful
ˈfuːdfʊl
fraudful
ˈfrɔːdfʊl
handful
ˈhændfʊl
headful
ˈhedfʊl
heedful
ˈhiːdfʊl
mindful
ˈmaɪndfʊl
prideful
ˈpraɪdfʊl
regardful
rɪˈɡɑːdfʊl
remindful
rɪˈmaɪndfʊl
rewardful
rɪˈwɔːdfʊl
speedful
ˈspiːdfʊl
tradeful
ˈtreɪdfʊl
unheedful
ʌnˈhiːdfʊl
unmindful
ʌnˈmaɪndfʊl
unneedful
ʌnˈniːdfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEEDFUL

need
need-to-know
needcessity
needer
needfire
needfully
needfulness
needier
neediest
needily
neediness
needle
needle bearing
needle book
needle exchange
needle fly
needle match
needle time
needle valve
needle-sharp

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEEDFUL

awful
beautiful
careful
colorful
do the needful
gladful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
penny-dreadful
powerful
proudful
shedful
successful
the needful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of needful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NEEDFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «needful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of needful

Translation of «needful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEEDFUL

Find out the translation of needful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of needful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «needful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

要紧的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

necesaria
570 millions of speakers

English

needful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवश्यक कार्रवाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضروري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потребу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

necessária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রয়োজনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nécessaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yang diperlukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nötig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

入用な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요긴 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Butuh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவயானவற்றைச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवश्यक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

necessario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potrzebne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

потребу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indispensabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενδεής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benodigdhede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

needful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

needful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of needful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEEDFUL»

The term «needful» is regularly used and occupies the 61.458 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEEDFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «needful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «needful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about needful

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10 QUOTES WITH «NEEDFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word needful.
1
Isaac Barrow
That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.
2
Guy Finley
Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you.
3
Guy Finley
The mistake we have made in our lives is that over and over again we've run into the needful moment and then failed to learn its higher lesson. We don't like needful moments and therefore we resist them.
4
Guy Finley
It's important for us to become aware of the fact that we are needful, for with that awareness also comes the sensing that we couldn't be needful if there weren't something to fulfill the need.
5
Helen Hunt Jackson
Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.
6
Lisa Kleypas
It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.
7
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Easter may seem boring to children, and it is blessedly unencumbered by the silly fun that plagues Christmas. Yet it contains the one thing needful for every human life: the good news of Resurrection.
8
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.
9
George Muller
The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.
10
Francis Spufford
What I absolutely want is to suggest that before it's anything else, redemption is God mending the bicycle of our souls; God bringing out the puncture repair kit, re-inflating the tires, taking off the rust, making us roadworthy once more. Not so that we can take flight into ecstasy, but so that we can do the next needful mile of our lives.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEEDFUL»

Discover the use of needful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to needful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Needful Things
There is a new shop in town. Run by a stranger. Needful Things, the sign says. The oddest name. A name that causes some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they wait for opening day.
Stephen King, 2010
2
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt probes the limits of people's desires when he moves to Castle Rock, Maine--opens his shop, Needful Things--and sets a high price on love, hope, and the human soul
Stephen King, 1992
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Needful Things
Leland Gaunt probes the limits of people's desires when he moves to Castle Rock, Maine--opens his shop, Needful Things--and sets a high price on love, hope, and the human soul
Stephen King, 1992
4
Family and Parish Sermons: Preached at Clapham and Glasbury: ...
It is as needful for us as food or air. Some things too are only occasionally needful, needful for certain purposes and for a certain time ; such as medicine in sickness, or a staff' in weakness. The grace of God is always and universally needful.
Charles Bradley, 1844
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Church Psalmist: Or, Psalms and Hymns, Designed for the ...
3 The atonement of thy blood apply, Till faith to sight improve ; Till hope in full fruition die, And all my soul be love. f)A HYMN 720, L. M. ^V' Jesus needful. 1 TESUS, engrave it on my heart, " That thou the one thing needful art; I could from all ...
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School), 1847
6
Nietzsche, Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
13 Wealth and military might were never signs of great power to Nietzsche's mind ; and he realized fully that power involves self-discipline: this is, in fact, the central point of his conception. One thing is needful. "Giving style" to one's character ...
Walter Arnold Kaufmann, 1974
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The new golden trio: or, Bradbury's golden series of Sabbath ...
or, Bradbury's golden series of Sabbath school melodies, comprising the "New golden chain," "New golden shower," and "Golden censer" ... William Batchelder Bradbury. ONE THING NEEDFUL. Concluded. OVER THE OCEAN WAVE.
William Batchelder Bradbury, 1866
8
The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An ...
Both philosophy and the Bible assert that there is ultimately one thing, and one thing only, needful for man. But the one thing needful proclaimed by the Bible is the very opposite of the one thing needful proclaimed by Greek philosophy.
Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, 1989
9
Family Fortunes
1. cThe. one. thing. needful': religion. and. the. middle. class. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned or rulers of the earth But higher far my proud pretensions rise The Son of Parents passed into the skies William Cowper  ...
Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall, 2002
10
A Constitutional Manual for the National American Party: In ...
But giving to this clause of the Constitution even the most latitudinarian sense contended for by any, and then the true meaning of the word " needful " limits the power of Congress not only in making rules and regulations, but in enacting laws  ...
Thomas Robinson Hazard, 1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEEDFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term needful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top 7 Bible Verses To Deal With Jealousy
Proverbs 30:8-9 “Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
WHAT'S ON | Thursday, July 23
PLEASE DO THE NEEDFUL: To Aug. 22, Peterborough-based filmmaker and artist's take on barriers to, and limits of, cross-cultural ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
3
Ijaw Youths Give Buhari Condition Over Oil Theft
They called on the president to do the needful before populating Niger Delta area with soldiers. The president of the group, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
4
Scalpels with a heart
... this most needful sector. At the back of my mind, there have been very positive changes. In my heart, I simply wished the changes to continue. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
5
In Lagos: Psychiatric hospital health workers suspend 7-week strike
Eke appealed to the management to do the needful by living up to the expectations of the workers. He said that if at the expiration of the ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
6
Galleries & Museums: July 23-29
Divine Excess Folk Art Gallery and Other Needful Things: 1125 12th. St. W., Village of the Arts, Bradenton. "Just Folks," major new works by ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
7
Salman Khan to Help Farmers With 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' Profits?
... Khan who is very popular for his 'being human' nature has always made sure that he extended the helping hand to those who are needful. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Troops Clear Borno Roads of Mines, Militants
Mr. Usman, a colonel said the directive by the Chief of army Staff, Tukur Buratai, to clear the road became needful because of military's ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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After Bajaj Pulsar RS200, Pulsar NS200 suffers alloy failure
We believe that Bajaj will take this issue seriously and do the needful. Tags: Bajaj Pulsar RS200, Bajaj Pulsar NS200. SHARE. THIS. 0; 0; 0; 0 ... «On Cars India, Jul 15»
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Sterling Bank deploys solutions for Customers to upload BVN from …
I hope that we will all make use of the opportunity that the extension has provided to do the needful”. The CBN had on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, ... «BusinessDay, Jul 15»

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