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need /nēd/ noun- Lack of something which one cannot well do without
- Necessity
- A state that requires relief, such as extreme poverty or distress
- Lack of the means of living
transitive verb- To have occasion for
- To want
- To require
- (used before the infinitive with to, or in negative, interrogative, conditional, etc sentences without to) to require or be obliged (to do something)
- (used before a verbal noun) to require (to be dealt with in a particular way)
intransitive verb (archaic)To be necessary ORIGIN: OE nēd, nīed, nȳd; Du nood, OGer Noth (modern Not) needcessˈity noun A dialectal or non-standard combination of need and necessity needˈer noun needˈful adjective - Full of need
- Having need
- Needy
- Necessary
- Requisite
needˈfully adverb needˈfulness noun needˈily adverb needˈiness noun needˈless adjective - Not needed
- Unnecessary
- Having no need (Shakespeare)
needˈlessly adverb needˈlessness noun needˈly adverb (Shakespeare) Necessarily needˈment noun (Spenser) Something needed needs adverb - Of necessity
- Indispensably
needˈy adjective - Very poor
- Craving affection or attention
- Necessary (Shakespeare)
- (with the) people living in poverty
needˈy-hood noun (Herrick) needˈ-be noun A necessity needˈfire noun - Fire produced by friction, to which a certain virtue is superstitiously attached
- A beacon
had need (archaic) Ought to must needs or needs must (often ironic) Must inevitably the needful - Ready money (slang)
- Whatever is requisite, usu in do the needful (informal)
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