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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. ne['a]d,
     n[=y]d; akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nau[eth]r, Sw. &
     Dan. n["o]d, Goth. nau[thorn]s.]
     1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion
        for something; necessity; urgent want.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And the city had no need of the sun.  --Rev. xxi.
                                                    23.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have no need to beg.                --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence;
        destitution. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Famine is in thy cheeks;
              Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is needful; anything necessary to be done;
        (pl.) necessary things; business. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Situation of need; peril; danger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Exigency; emergency; strait; extremity; necessity;
          distress; destitution; poverty; indigence; want; penury.
  
     Usage: 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.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Need \Need\, v. i.
     To be wanted; to be necessary. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When we have done it, we have done all that is in our
           power, and all that needs.               --Locke.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Need \Need\, adv.
     Of necessity. See Needs. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Need \Need\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n[=y]dan to force,
     Goth. nau[thorn]jan.]
     To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to
     require, as supply or relief.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Other creatures all day long
           Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: 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. ).
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Need \Need\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Needed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Needing.] [See Need, n. Cf. AS. n?dan to force, Goth.
     nau?jan.]
     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.                          --Milton.
  
     Note: 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. ).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Need \Need\, n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. ne['a]d, n[=y]d; akin
     to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. n["o]d,
     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.  --Rev. xxi.
                                                    23.
  
              I have no need to beg.                --Shak.
  
              Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
  
     2. Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence;
        destitution. --Chaucer.
  
              Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression
              starveth in thine eyes.               --Shak.
  
     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.
  
     Usage: 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.               --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  need
       n 1: 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" [syn: demand]
       2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
          means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
          wants" [syn: want]
       3: 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" [syn: motivation, motive]
       4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
          appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
          homeless" [syn: indigence, penury, beggary, pauperism,
           pauperization]
       v 1: 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"; "This
            intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
            [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take,
             involve, call for, demand] [ant: obviate]
       2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
          tuner" [syn: want, require]
       3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ανάγκη
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτβ) χρειάζομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     n.
     (lb en countable and uncountable) A (l en requirement) for something;
  something (l en needed).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
     2 (lb en transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have
  something.
     3 (lb en modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
     5 (lb en obsolete transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
     Votic pron.
     (lb vot demonstrative) those

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Need
     Saterland Frisian n.
     (alternative form of stq Nood)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     n.
     (lb en countable and uncountable) A (l en requirement) for something;
  something (l en needed).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
     2 (lb en transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have
  something.
     3 (lb en modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
     5 (lb en obsolete transitive) To be necessary (to someone).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     n.
     (lb en countable and uncountable) A (l en requirement) for something;
  something (l en needed).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
     2 (lb en transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have
  something.
     3 (lb en modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
     5 (lb en obsolete transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
     Votic pron.
     (lb vot demonstrative) those

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Need
     Saterland Frisian n.
     (alternative form of stq Nood)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     n.
     (lb en countable and uncountable) A (l en requirement) for something;
  something (l en needed).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
     2 (lb en transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have
  something.
     3 (lb en modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
     5 (lb en obsolete transitive) To be necessary (to someone).
     Votic pron.
     (lb vot demonstrative) those

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Need
     Saterland Frisian n.
     (alternative form of stq Nood)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     Viro pron.
     1 (dempron: k=et) ne
     2 (dempron: k=et) nämä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  need
     Engelska n.
     behov
     Engelska vb.
     behöva

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  1. behoef, nodig hê
  2. behoefte
  3. behoeftigheid

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Need /nˈiːd/
  الحاجة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. бедност
  lack of means of subsistence
  2. необходи́мост, ну́жда, потре́бност
  something required

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. трябва
  to be obliged to
  2. необходимо е
  to be required or necessary
  3. нужда́я се, тря́бва
  to have an absolute requirement for
  4. желая
  to want strongly

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  nouze

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  potřeba

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  potřebovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  nutnost

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  angen 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  Bedarf , Bedürfnis 
           Note: nach etw., Bedürftigkeit
           Note: in Zusammensetzungen
        "in case of need"  - bei Bedarf, im Bedarfsfall
        "satisfy a need"  - ein Bedürfnis befriedigen
        "create a need"  - ein Bedürfnis wecken
        "fit sb.'s needs"  - jds. Bedürfnisse abdecken
        "in cases of urgent need"  - bei dringendem/akutem Bedarf
     Synonym: needfulness
  
   see: when needed, in case of necessity, when necessary, when required, as required, everyday necessities, basic necessities
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  Bedürftigkeit 
        "need for help"  - Hilfsbedürftigkeit
        "need for care"  - Pflegebedürftigkeit
        "demonstrate (a) financial need"  - die soziale Bedürftigkeit nachweisen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  Notwendigkeit 
           Note: zu etw. / etw. zu tun
     Synonyms: necessity, needfulness
  
   see: necessities, needs, dire necessity
  
           Note: for sth. / to do sth.

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  
  χρειάζομαι, ανάγκη

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. köyhyys, puute
  lack of means of subsistence
  2. tarve, syy
  something required

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. tarvita, pitää, täytyä
  to be obliged to
  2. olla välttämätöntä, pitää, täytyä
  to be required or necessary
  3. tarvita, vaatia
  to have an absolute requirement for
  4. tarvita, olla pakko
  to want strongly

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  need /niːd/
  avoir besoin de, réclamer, requérir

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  1. ज़रूरत
        "There is a need to improve the situation."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  1. जरूरत~होना
        "They needed some evidence of her innosence."
        "I need  a rest. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  biti obavezan, biti potreban, imati potrebu, nevolja, nužda, nužnost, opće potrebe, oskudica, oskudijevati, potreba, potrebe, potrebitosti, potrebni, potrebovati, potrebu, sačuvati, siromaštvo, treba, trebaju, trebali, trebao, trebate, trebati, trebaš

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  1. szegénység
  2. szükséglet
  3. szükség
  4. szûkölködés
  5. ínség
  6. súlyos helyzet
  7. nehéz helyzet
  8. baj

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  memerlukan
  to have an absolute requirement for

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  1. aver bisogno di
  2. bisogno, fabbisogno

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  必要
  something required

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. しなければいけない, 義務がある
  to be obliged to
  2. 要る, ...が必要, 必要する
  to have an absolute requirement for
  3. 要る
  to want strongly

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  need /niːd/
  requirere

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  need /niːd/
  1. hoeven, behoeven, moeten, nodig hebben
  2. behoefte, nood
  3. behoeftigheid, pauperisme

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  behov
  something required

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  trenge 2.
  to have an absolute requirement for
   3.
  to want strongly

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  need /ni:d/
  I.   1.  potrzebować
   2.  odczuwać potrzebę (to do sth - robienia czegoś)
   3.  musieć (to do sth - robić coś)
   4.  a. wymagać, trzeba
   b.
        "sth needs doing"  - coś trzeba zrobić
   c.
        "sth needs to be done"  - coś wymaga zrobienia czegoś
  II.   1.  potrzeba (for sth - czegoś)  (of sth - czegoś)  (to do sth - zrobienia czegoś)
   2.  need not (:need :not)
   - nie musieć
   3.  be in need of (be V: :in :need :of)
   - potrzebować
   4.  in need (:in :need)
   - w potrzebie
   5.  there is no need to do sth (:there be V: :no :need :to VERB)
   - nie trzeba robić czegoś

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  need /niːd/  
  1. necessidade, precisão
  2. necessitar, ter necessidade de, precisar, ter precisão de

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  need /niːd/
  1. necesitar
  2. necesidad
  3. indigencia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  behov
  something required

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/ 
  1. måste, nödgas
  to be obliged to
  2. behöva
  to have an absolute requirement for

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  need /nˈiːd/ 
  
  hitaji

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  need /nˈiːd/
  1. ihtiyaç, lüzum, gereklik
  2. eksiklik
  3. yolsuzluk, fakirlik zaruret
  4. muhtaç olmak, gereksemek istemek
  5. lâzım olmak . if need be icabında, gerekirse.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnid/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "need":
     absence, ardor, arrearage, ask, bare cupboard, bare necessities,
     bare subsistence, basic, be forced, be hurting for, be in for,
     be in want, be indicated, be necessary, be obliged, be pinched,
     be poor, beggarliness, beggary, break, call, call for,
     cannot do otherwise, cannot help but, charge, claim, clamor for,
     commitment, committal, concupiscence, constraint, covet, crave,
     cry for, cry out for, curiosity, dearth, defalcation, defect,
     defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, demand, demand for,
     deprivation, desideration, desideratum, desire, destitution,
     devoir, difficulty, discontinuity, distress, drive, drought, duty,
     eagerness, emergency, empty purse, essential, essentials, exact,
     exaction, exigency, extremity, famine, fancy, fantasy, fundamental,
     gap, go on welfare, grinding poverty, gripe,
     hand-to-mouth existence, hanker, have, have got to, have need to,
     have occasion for, have to, hiatus, homelessness, hope, horme,
     hunger, impecuniousness, imperfection, impoverishment,
     incompleteness, indigence, indispensable, insufficiency,
     intellectual curiosity, interval, lack, lacuna, libido, long,
     lust for learning, mendicancy, mind, miss, missing link,
     moneylessness, must, must item, necessaries, necessary,
     necessities, necessitousness, necessity, need for, need to,
     needfulness, neediness, needs must, occasion, omission, ought,
     outage, passion, paucity, pauperism, pauperization, penury, pinch,
     pine, pleasure, pleasure principle, poorness, poverty, prerequire,
     prerequirement, prerequisite, privation, require, requirement,
     requisite, requisition, right, run short of, scarcity,
     sexual desire, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, should,
     sine qua non, starvation, starve, stress, take doing,
     the necessary, the needful, thirst, thirst for knowledge, trouble,
     ullage, urge, use, want, want doing, wantage, wanting, will,
     will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment, yearn
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 需要,必须,缺乏;
  v. 需要,必需;
  conj. 需要;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 需要,要
     aux. 必须,不得不
     n. U需要,必要;需用的东西,需求

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