Need

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English


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Etymology

Old English neodian (rare); Old English nȳd.

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Pronunciation

IPA: /ni:d/

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Verb

to need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past needed, past participle needed)

  1. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

: To have an absolute requirement for.

  1. Living things need water to survive.
  2. (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

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

  1. After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
  2. (modal verb) To be obliged or required to.
    You need not go if you don't want to.
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Usage notes

  • As a modal verb, need does not vary in the third person when used in the negative (he need not do it).
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Translations

have an absolute requirement for

want strongly

be obliged to

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Noun

Need (plural Needs)

  1. Something needed.
    I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
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Translations

something needed

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Derived terms

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Frisian

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Noun

need

  1. needes:need

fr:need io:need it:need hu:need pl:need pt:need fi:need zh:need el:need no:need

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