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needn't

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
needn't/ˈniːdnt/

▶contraction need not.

'needn't' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "needn't" in the title:

''Needn't have''
'in order that' & needn't to be
didn't need to vs. needn't have done
Difference between "don't have to" and "needn't"
don't have to... vs. needn't...
don't need/needn't
He needn't pay now, does he?
I needn't have paid. I didn't need to pay. I didn't have to...
I needn't have worried / I needn't have to worry
Is it possible to replace "wouldn't have needed" with "needn't have"?
needn´t
needn't
Needn't
needn't have
needn't in reported speech
Needn't to back-shift? Tense agreement in Noun Clauses
needn't x don't need
needn't/don't have to
needn't/don't need
needn’t have
shoulddn´t have/ needn´t have
shouldn't have/needn't have
we had, we needn't
You <needn't> worry .... Anyway, you <have to> walk miles [modals?]
You needn't / You don't need to ...
You needn't have done that /You didn't have to do that
You needn't have gone to so much trouble.
you needn't have said that
You needn't to help me
You needn't worry about little things.
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