NEEDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does needed mean? 

• NEEDED (adjective)
  The adjective NEEDED has 1 sense:

1. necessary for relief or supply

  Familiarity information: NEEDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEEDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Necessary for relief or supply

Synonyms:

needed; needful; required; requisite

Context example:

provided them with all things needful

Similar:

necessary (absolutely essential)

 Context examples 

AZD0530 blocks enzymes needed for cancer growth.

(AZD0530, NCI Dictionary)

But because Voyager 1's last planetary encounter was Saturn, the Voyager team hadn't needed to use the TCM thrusters since November 8, 1980.

(Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years, NASA)

A question about whether an individual needs or needed rest.

(Need Rest, NCI Thesaurus)

No word needed to be spoken.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I needed no other answer than his face.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

AZD6244 blocks proteins needed for cell growth and may kill cancer cells.

(AZD6244, NCI Dictionary)

It blocks the action of enzymes that are needed for cancer cells to form.

(BBIC, NCI Dictionary)

In some cases, the deaths are a result of carbon starvation, in which trees close their pores, essentially starving themselves by blocking the entry of carbon, which is needed for photosynthesis.

(What's killing trees during droughts?, National Science Foundation)

I pray so; but if it be needed, then he shall know all.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

NDGA is an antioxidant, and it may block certain enzymes needed for tumor growth.

(NDGA, NCI Dictionary)