Definition
Meaning of 'need'
Meaning of 'need' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Need 
[ adv.]
- Of necessity. See Needs. [ adv.]2. Need [ 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.
- That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
- Situation of need; peril; danger.
- To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
3. Need [ v. i.]
- To be wanted; to be necessary. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'need' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. need [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- anything that is necessary but lacking
- anything that is necessary but lacking
Example in sentence:
- he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs;
- I tried to supply his wants
Meaning (2):
- a condition requiring relief
- a condition requiring relief
Example in sentence:
- God has no need of men to accomplish His work;
- she satisfied his need for affection;
- there is a demand for jobs
Meaning (3):
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Example in sentence:
- a general state of need exists among the homeless;
- their indigence appalled him
Meaning (4):
- 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
- 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
Example in sentence:
- he acted with the best of motives;
- we did not understand his motivation
2. need [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- have or feel a need for
- have or feel a need for
Example in sentence:
- always needing friends and money
Meaning (6):
- require as useful, just, or proper
- require as useful, just, or proper
Example in sentence:
- It takes nerve to do what she did;
- success usually requires hard work;
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert;
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent;
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill;
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
Meaning (7):
- have need of
- have need of
Example in sentence:
- This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
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