need

[Need]

A need is something essential: people need food, water, and shelter. When you lack them, you're in need.

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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Noun
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

Noun
anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

Noun
a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"

Noun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

Verb
have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

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Verb
have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

Verb
require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";

n.
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

n.
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

n.
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.

n.
Situation of need; peril; danger.

n.
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

v. i.
To be wanted; to be necessary.

adv.
Of necessity. See Needs.

Need

Need , n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. ne'a0d, n&ymac;d; akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nau&edh;r, Sw. & Dan. n'94d, Goth. naups.] 1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

And the city had no need of the sun.

I have no need to beg.

Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy.

2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. Chaucer.

Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.

3. That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business. [Obs.] Chaucer. 4. Situation of need; peril; danger. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Exigency; emergency; strait; extremity; necessity; distress; destitution; poverty; indigence; want; penury. -- Need, Necessity. Necessity is stronger than need; it places us under positive compulsion. We are frequently under the necessity of going without that of which we stand very greatly in need. It is also with the corresponding adjectives; necessitous circumstances imply the direct pressure of suffering; needy circumstances, the want of aid or relief.

Need

Need , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n. Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. ndan to force, Goth. naujan.] To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest.

&hand; With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary, generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change of termination in the third person singular of the present tense. "And the lender need not fear he shall be injured." Anacharsis (Trans. ).

Need

Need, v. i. To be wanted; to be necessary. Chaucer.

When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs.

Need

Need, adv. Of necessity. See Needs. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

To be wanted; to be necessary.

Of necessity. See Needs.

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Usage Examples

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

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Other Usage Examples

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.