Definition of As needed

1. Adverb. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions). "Add water as needed"

Exact synonyms: As Required, Prn, Pro Re Nata

Lexicographical Neighbors of As Needed

as if there were no tomorrow
as in
as is
as it happens
as it is
as it stands
as it were
as long as
as luck may have it
as luck would have it
as much
as much as possible
as much use as a chocolate fireguard
as much use as a chocolate teapot
as near as makes no difference
as needed (current term)
as of
as of late
as of right
as of yet
as opposed to
as per
as per usual
as regards
as required
as soon as
as soon as possible
as such

Literary usage of As needed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Artificial respiration is given as needed. Efficiency of Cerebral Stimulants.—These are of little avail against toxic doses. Light chloral sleep, however, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... laboratories and research institutes operating around the country, and elements of other government agencies as needed for many specific jobs. ..."

3. Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget by Winford E. Holland, Winford E. Holland, Ph.D. (2000)
"The organization will describe the impending change as needed and required to ... The organization will make arrangements as needed to ensure that change ..."

4. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... and held from slipping by a cleat nailed to the platform, which is moved about from car to car as needed, is not a "way" and therefore that the employer ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"The words, "the ties yon may need" during 1899, or "ties as needed," as used in a contract for the furnishing of ties for the construction of a railroad, ..."

6. Corporation Finance: An Exposition of the Principles and Methods Governing by William Henry Lough (1909)
"... experience shows that these generalities are worth making and worth keeping constantly in view. 154. The installment method of getting cash as needed. ..."

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