Translations for needful in the English»French Dictionary

I.needful [Brit ˈniːdfʊl, ˈniːdf(ə)l, Am ˈnidfəl] form N

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to do the needful

faire le nécessaire

II.needful [Brit ˈniːdfʊl, ˈniːdf(ə)l, Am ˈnidfəl] form ADJ

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needful

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There was a practical approach to education, which was conceived as serving useful and needful ends, and using practical examples where possible. en.wikipedia.org

At this feast all things were self-served, both food and ale, and all implements needful to the feast. en.wikipedia.org

An early way out was to carry the circumlocutions one degree furtherfinding impersonal ways of saying what was needful, avoiding both personal pronoun and title. en.wikipedia.org

His pragmatism is a method for fruitfully sorting out conceptual confusions caused, for example, by distinctions that make (sometimes needful) formal yet not practical differences. en.wikipedia.org

The congress passed a resolution urging that public lands controlled by the federal government be turned over to the states and territories needful of irrigation. en.wikipedia.org

In the end, the government simply directed the company to finance the needful improvements on its own. en.wikipedia.org

So remember the one thing needful. en.wikipedia.org

This is true after the fall, although it was needful before. en.wikipedia.org

He spared himself no amount of effort and toil to attain the things he thought were right and needful to be done. en.wikipedia.org

Nor is it needful that we should have great things to do... en.wikipedia.org

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