"need-to-know" meaning in All languages combined

See need-to-know on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-need-to-know.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} need-to-know (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) (of information) given to another only when necessary. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-need-to-know-en-adj-vkklmj6A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-need-to-know.ogg [Australia] Forms: need-to-knows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} need-to-know (plural need-to-knows)
  1. Something that one needs to know; a piece of necessary information. Related terms: on a need-to-know basis, eyes-only
    Sense id: en-need-to-know-en-noun-s60bj941 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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