Could you please help to do the needful?
“Please do the needful” is a colloquial Indian phrase, that finds its origin in the Indian corporate sector. It basically translates to “Please do what is needed”.
Do the needful meaning synonym?
Synonyms:important, major, key, crucial, significant, fundamental, central, meaningful, great. Synonyms: primary. principal. leading.
Can you please do the needful alternative?
There are many other phrases you could use instead of do the needful. “Please do what I asked” or “could you please fix this” might suffice, although “please do what needs to be done” or “please do what is required” are the phrases closest to the original meaning.
How do you use needful in a sentence?
Their repair is needful work, and if it is needful you ought to pay the men a living wage to do it. A review might be needful before then, or it might be more suitable later than that. The proposed discount will go only a certain way towards doing what is needful.
What is the antonym of needful?
What is the opposite of needful?
| dispensable | inessential |
|---|---|
| needless | nonessential |
| unessential | unnecessary |
| unneeded | redundant |
| superfluous | expendable |
Do you need needful mail?
Ultimately, “do the needful” is requesting that someone take some sort of action. You can choose to be specific in your request, or you can generalize. Generalizing in American / Canadian English: “Please advise”, or “Please review and advise”, or “Could you please check and advise” are some examples.
Can we use kindly and please together?
Both the adverbs are used in polite requests, and one of the meanings of kindly is please. In a sentence like “please kindly send me a copy of your paperwork,” please and kindly are redundant. In a sentence like “will you kindly sign the enclosed copy of this letter,” kindly is often used ironically.
Do you need oblige and needful?
‘And oblige’ is tacked on to the end to reaffirm that the command satisfies that which has been declared as ‘needful’. In this day and age, we would say ‘Would you, please, take whatever steps may be necessary, in this matter, which I/we leave in your capable hands? ‘.