need

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Pronunciation
/niːd/
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

A requirement for something; something needed.

Example Sentences
  • I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
2 Definition

Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To have an absolute requirement for.

Example Sentences
  • Living things need water to survive.
2 Definition

To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

Example Sentences
  • After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
3 Definition

(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

Example Sentences
  • You need not go if you don't want to.
4 Definition

To be required; to be necessary.

5 Definition

To be necessary (to someone).