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Need
niːd
Need definitions
verb
need
needed
needing
needs
- require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable
"I need help now"
require be in need of stand in need of have need of want be in want of be crying out for be desperate for- not want to be subjected to something
"I don't need your sarcasm"
- expressing necessity or obligation
"need I say more?"
have to be under an obligation to be obliged to be compelled to be under a compulsion to - be necessary
"lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting"
noun
need
needs
- circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity
"the basic human need for food"
- a thing that is wanted or required
"his day-to-day needs"
- the state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food
"help us in our hour of need"
neediness want poverty deprivation privation hardship penury destitution indigence impecuniousness difficulty trouble distress needy requiring help deprived disadvantaged underprivileged in want poor badly off unable to make ends meet in reduced/straitened circumstances unable to keep the wolf from the door impoverished poverty-stricken destitute penurious impecunious indigent