need

/niːd/ · noun

Meaning

A requirement for something; something needed.
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
To have an absolute requirement for.
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
To be required; to be necessary.
To be necessary (to someone).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

necessitate(English)must(English)have got(English)have(English)ought(English)require(English)demand(English)should(English)know(English)repair(English)understand(English)

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Sources

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