Have to and Needs

Have to

Have to verb - To be under necessity or obligation to.
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Synonyms for Have to

Needs and have to are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Needs" with "Have to", this verbs are similar.

Needs

Needs adverb - Because of necessity.

Have to and needs are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Have to" instead a verb "Needs".

Nearby Words: need, needed

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  • Martha, Clive, and the rest of the barristers have to take certain cases, even if they don't want to, either because the firm needs the business that the case could bring or because the barrister in particular needs to round out their resume.
    Source: Series / Silk
  • In the later books, though, the major characters get promoted to Unattached Lensman, whose official job description pretty much reads "Do whatever you think needs to be done and take anything you need in order to do it," so they don't necessarily have to leave the other characters behind.
  • Part of how they are shown to be better than humans is they don't have to destroy the environment to fulfil their needs, everything they could ever want or need, up to and including flight, is provided by nature.
    Source: Mary Suetopia
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