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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) χρειάζομαιFrom 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) thoseFrom 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) thoseFrom 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) thoseFrom 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) nämäFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
need Engelska n. behov Engelska vb. behövaFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
need /nˈiːd/ 1. behoef, nodig hê 2. behoefte 3. behoeftigheidFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Need /nˈiːd/ الحاجةFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]1. бедност lack of means of subsistence 2. необходи́мост, ну́жда, потре́бност something required
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]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
need /nˈiːd/ nouzeFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
need /nˈiːd/ potřebaFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
need /nˈiːd/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]potřebovat
need /nˈiːd/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]nutnost
need /nˈiːd/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]angen
need /nˈiːd/ BedarfFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], 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
need /nˈiːd/ BedürftigkeitFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"need for help" - Hilfsbedürftigkeit "need for care" - Pflegebedürftigkeit "demonstrate (a) financial need" - die soziale Bedürftigkeit nachweisen
need /nˈiːd/ NotwendigkeitFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]Note: zu etw. / etw. zu tun Synonyms: necessity, needfulness see: necessities, needs, dire necessity Note: for sth. / to do sth.
need /nˈiːd/ χρειάζομαι, ανάγκηFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]1. köyhyys, puute lack of means of subsistence 2. tarve, syy something required
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]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
need /niːd/ avoir besoin de, réclamer, requérirFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
need /nˈiːd/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. ज़रूरत "There is a need to improve the situation."
need /nˈiːd/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. जरूरत~होना "They needed some evidence of her innosence." "I need a rest. "
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, trebašFrom 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. bajFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]memerlukan to have an absolute requirement for
need /nˈiːd/ 1. aver bisogno di 2. bisogno, fabbisognoFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]必要 something required
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]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
need /niːd/ requirereFrom English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
need /niːd/ 1. hoeven, behoeven, moeten, nodig hebben 2. behoefte, nood 3. behoeftigheid, pauperismeFrom English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]behov something required
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]trenge 2. to have an absolute requirement for 3. to want strongly
need /ni:d/ I.From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]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
need /niːd/From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]1. necessidade, precisão 2. necessitar, ter necessidade de, precisar, ter precisão de
need /niːd/ 1. necesitar 2. necesidad 3. indigenciaFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]behov something required
need //nid// //niːd// /[nɪi̯d]/From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-swh ]1. måste, nödgas to be obliged to 2. behöva to have an absolute requirement for
need /nˈiːd/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]hitaji
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 ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈnid/
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, yearnFrom 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