单词	need
释义	need1 verbneed2 noun needneed1 /niːd/ ●●● S1 W1 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE need Simple Form Present I, you, we, they need he, she, it needs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they needed Present perfect I, you, we, they have needed he, she, it has needed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had needed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will need Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have needed Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A job like nursing needs patience and understanding. Dave's been working really hard - he needs a holiday. Do you need some help? Do you still need volunteers to help clean up after the party? Don't forget, the plants need watering once a week. He needs the information for an article he's writing. I need a drink - coming to the bar? I needed some sleep. I think Brad's car needs new tires. I think she might need a doctor. It's cold outside -- you'll need a coat. It must have needed a great deal of self-discipline for you to lose so much weight in such a short time. My hair needs washing. Nancy is going to the store - do we need any milk? Teaching children to read needs a lot of patience and skill. The front room needs a coat of paint. The team badly needs a victory. We need to take the cat to the vet. What are the qualities that are needed for the job? You don't have to paint UPVC windows, and they need only an occasional wash down with detergent. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But there is no evidence that they have exercised that responsibility when it has been most needed. But to have such an epidemic you need more than an easily transmissible bug. His talents were needed to rescue the situation, to merge the Virginia armies into a revitalized Army of the Potomac. Many patients need continuing care, follow up or rehabilitation. Smart public managers spend every penny of every line item, whether they need to or not. To do that there may be times when we need to put trust in a professional to help solve our difficulties. To meet all my criteria I needed to get a job. We can treat lone parents as poor people, needing means-tested social assistance of some sort - as we do now. Thesaurus THESAURUS► need if you need something, you must have it, because you cannot do something without it: · I need your help.· The people desperately need food and clean water. ► require formal to need something: · Children require a lot of attention.· The game requires great skill. ► can’t do without something to be unable to do something without something: · A lot of people can’t do without their mobile phones. ► could do with something/could use something informal to need or want something: · Shall we stop? I could do with a rest. ► be desperate for something to need something urgently: · Liz was desperate for a cigarette.· The people are desperate for food. ► be dependent on something/somebody to be unable to live or continue normally without something or someone: · The refugees are dependent on outside food supplies. ► demand formal if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully: · The situation is urgent and demands immediate action. Longman Language Activatorto need something► need if you need something, you must have it, because you cannot live, succeed, or do something without it: · It's cold outside -- you'll need a coat.· I think she might need a doctor.· Do you need some help?need something for something: · He needs the information for an article he's writing.need to do something (=when it is necessary for someone to do something): · We need to take the cat to the vet.need somebody to do something: · Do you still need volunteers to help clean up after the party?badly need something (=need something very much): · The team badly needs a victory. ► need to need to be cleaned, repaired, or given attention in some way: need cleaning/washing/mending etc: · My hair needs washing.· Don't forget, the plants need watering once a week.need a wash/clean etc: · You don't have to paint UPVC windows, and they need only an occasional wash down with detergent. ► require formal to need something: · Guests who require special diets should inform the catering manager in advance.· Is there anything further you require, sir? ► could do with/could use spoken informal say that you could do with something or could use something when you feel that you need it and that it would improve things for you: · "Let's stop for a minute." "Sure, I could do with a rest."· I could use a hand with this if you have a minute.· Boy, I sure could use a drink. ► be in need of if someone is in need of help, advice, money etc, they need it because they are in a difficult situation: · Several people were in need of medical treatment.badly in need of something: · The country is badly in need of foreign investment. ► there is a need for if there is a need for something, it is needed by a group of people because it is useful or necessary in order to make a situation better: · There's always a need for blood donors.· There's no need for you to know my full name. Reggie will do.there is an urgent need for something: · There is an urgent need for a review of current immigration law.there is a growing need for something: · There's a growing need for computer programmers and IT people in many parts of Latin America. to need someone or something very much► be desperate for to urgently need something and want it very much: · Wendell was desperate for a girlfriend, yet crippled by his fear of rejection.· A cordon of police struggled to keep back onlookers and relatives desperate for news. ► be crying out for if a group of people are crying out for something such as help, food, or medicine, they need it very urgently because they are facing great difficulties without it: · The country is crying out for strong leadership.· As we all know, Birmingham has been crying out for a venue for local bands for several years. ► can't do without to be unable to do the things that you have to do without someone who usually helps you or without something that you usually use: · I absolutely can't do without my mobile phone.· Patrick is an excellent assistant - I couldn't do without him. ► depend on/rely on if you depend on or rely on someone or something, you need them because they provide you with something that you need: depend/rely on somebody/something: · He was growing to depend on her, he knew that.· Not surprisingly, businesses that rely on government contracts are being hit badly by the spending cuts.depend/rely on somebody to do something: · Elvin depended on her to dress him, feed him and do many other tasks.· Many plants rely on birds to distribute their seeds.depend/rely on somebody for something: · Having to depend on her father for financial support was just not worth it, Sylvia decided.depend/rely heavily on/upon (=depend/rely a lot on): · State and local governments rely heavily on sales and property taxes. ► be dependent on/be reliant on if you are dependent on or are reliant on someone or something, you need them so much that you cannot exist or continue successfully without them, because they provide you with all the most important things you need: · In those days, he was very dependent on Connie and wouldn't do anything without first consulting her.be dependent/reliant on somebody/something for something: · Many old people are dependent on government benefits for their basic survival.be heavily dependent/reliant on (=be very reliant on): · Small companies are heavily reliant on the goodwill of the banks in order to keep going. necessary► necessary if something is necessary , you need to have it or do it: · He produced the necessary documents and handed them to her.necessary for: · Fats in our diet are necessary for both heat and energy.if necessary (=if it is necessary): · If necessary, we will have to employ some outside people to finish the job.it is necessary (for somebody) to do something formal: · It will be necessary to close the pool while the repairs take place.· The doctor says it may be necessary for me to have an operation. ► essential if something is essential , you need it because you cannot be successful, healthy, safe etc without it: · If you're going hiking in the mountains, a decent pair of boots is essential.· The tourist industry is now acknowledged as an essential part of the Spanish economy.essential for: · Calcium is essential for the development of healthy teeth and bones.it is essential to do something: · It is essential to read any document carefully before you sign it.it is essential that: · It is essential that the oil is checked every 10,000 km. ► vital if something is vital , it is extremely important and you will have serious problems if you do not have it or do it: · In this job, the ability to remain calm is vital.· The European Space Agency said that a vital piece of equipment on the craft had stopped functioning.vital for: · Regular exercise is vital for your health.it is vital that: · It is vital that you keep accurate tax records. ► indispensable someone or something that is indispensable is extremely useful and it is almost impossible to do something without them: · If you're planning on going sightseeing around the old city, a guide is indispensable.indispensable to: · The book will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to learn more about the British Royal Family. ► be a necessity if something is a necessity , you must have it for your job or for your life, and it is not something that you only have for pleasure: · For most people, a good guidebook is a necessity when travelling.· If you live in a place like London, a car alarm is an absolute necessity. ► be a must informal if you say that something such as a book, film, or type of clothes is a must , you mean that people must read, see, or wear it, because it is very fashionable, enjoyable, interesting etc - used especially in advertisements and magazines: · If you're interested in the early history of aviation, this book is a must.be a must for somebody: · Ankle boots are a must for anyone who wants to keep up with the latest fashions this autumn. ► required also requisite formal necessary for a particular purpose, especially according to a law or rule: · They failed to submit their plans in the required time limit.· If the proposed piece of legislation fails to get the requisite two-thirds majority in Parliament, it cannot become law.required for: · In my opinion, she does not have the qualifications required for the job.· Research and writing have become requisite for career advancement in academia. make it necessary to do something► make it necessary : make it necessary to do something · The heavy rain made it necessary to close several roads.· By 1870, larger ships and cargoes made it necessary to create a new port at Avonmouth.make it necessary for somebody to do something · Recent violence has made it necessary for security forces to take drastic measures. ► necessitate formal to make it necessary for you to do something, especially something that is difficult or that you would prefer not to do: · Sales have dropped dramatically, necessitating cuts in production and employment.necessitate doing something: · The proposed festival would necessitate closing University Avenue between 14th and 24th Streets Northwest. something that is needed► need if there is a need for something, that thing is needed: need for: · Carlton acknowledged that there was a need for stricter safety regulations at some of the sites.need to do something: · The need to improve teaching standards is recognized; however, it is not something that is going to happen overnight.feel the need to do something (=feel that you need to do something): · Don't you ever feel the need to take a vacation? ► necessity something that you must have for your job or for your life, not something that you only have for pleasure: · I would say that TV has become more a necessity than a luxury, wouldn't you?the bare necessities (=the most important and necessary things such as clothes and food): · For several years, the family was forced to make do with just the bare necessities. ► requirement the amount or level of something that it is necessary to have, especially one that has been officially decided or is officially advised: · The average daily food requirement for an adult is between 2000 and 3000 calories.come up to/meet/satisfy a requirement (=reach the necessary level or amount): · For the second year in a row, the city's water supply has failed to meet minimum purity requirements. when a job or activity needs a particular quality► need British if a job or activity needs a particular quality, you must have that quality in order to do it well: · Teaching children to read needs a lot of patience and skill.· It must have needed a great deal of self-discipline for you to lose so much weight in such a short time.· What are the qualities that are needed for the job? ► take if a job or activity takes a particular quality, or a lot of time, money, effort etc, you must have that quality or spend a lot of time etc in order to do it: · Don't get discouraged. Learning a new language takes a lot of effort.it takes something to do something: · It took us about five months to sell our house.· It takes strength and stamina to be a long-distance runner. ► require formal if a job or activity requires a particular quality, you have to have that quality in order to do it well: · A lot of patience is required to look after a disabled child.· As any couple will tell you, marriage requires commitment and sacrifice from both partners. ► call for if doing something difficult calls for a particular quality or a particular type of behaviour, you must have that quality or behave in that way in order to succeed in doing it: · The Times crossword calls for a certain amount of literary knowledge.· Launching a new product is a highly complicated business, and careful planning is called for. to provide something that is needed or wanted► meet/satisfy a need if someone or something meets or satisfies a need , they give people what they need or want: · Public transportation here has failed to meet the community's needs.meet/satisfy a need of: · It's extremely difficult for one teacher to meet the needs of 16 students in a class when each is working at a different level.satisfy a basic human need: · Belief in God or a supreme being seems to satisfy some basic human need. ► meet requirements also fulfil requirements British, /fulfill requirements American if someone or something meets or fulfils the requirements that have been set for them, they reach the standards that are necessary, especially standards that have been officially decided: · Beginning in April, street vendors will be required to meet a tough new set of requirements.meet requirements for: · The group has been notified by school officials that it no longer meets the requirements for a voluntary student organization. ► meet demand to provide enough quantities of a product so that everyone who wants one can have one: · Record stores are finding it difficult to meet the demand for the group's latest CD, Greasy Pole. meet demand for: · Ford announced that it has increased production to meet demand for its new range of sports utility vehicle. ► fill a need if something fills a need , for example a new product or service, it gives people something that they have wanted but which they have not been able to have until now: fill a need for: · The restaurant fills a need for good healthful food and for a good place to meet.· This handsome book fills a need for a clear children's guide to the African-American tradition of Kwanzaa. when you do not need something► don't need to not need something or someone: · Do you want these text books? I don't need them any more.· Listen, people with disabilities do not need or want your pity.· According to Mahoney, the company did not need the cash, but was selling the division in an effort to streamline its operations. ► spare use this about something which you do not need now, but which is available so that you can use it later or let someone else use it: · We have two spare tickets for the game - do you want to come?· Some couples will start married life in a spare room at the home of one set of parents -- usually the bride's.spare change: · It seemed like every time I turned around, some bum was hitting me up for spare change. ► can do without also can manage without to not need someone or something, because you can live normally or do what you need to do without them: · We should be able to manage without you for a few days.· "I can do without alcohol, but I can't do without the cigs," O'Hare wheezed. ► have no use for to not need someone or something because you no longer use them or cannot think of a way of using them: · The fish spend their lives in darkness, and, having no use for eyes, are totally blind.· If society has no use for old people, is it any wonder that older people feel that their lives are without meaning? ► have no need of formal to not need something: · Japan has its own space program and has no need of American technology. ► can dispense with formal to not need to use or do something that you usually use or do, because it is no longer necessary: · The company decided that it could dispense with the middle management level altogether.dispense with the formalities (=to not use formal or very polite behaviour, such as introducing people to each other): · We all know each other here, so I think we can dispense with the formalities. not necessary► unnecessary/not necessary if something is unnecessary or not necessary , you do not need to have it or do it: · Don't fill your report with unnecessary information.· A lot of the expenses that he's claiming seem totally unnecessary.it is unnecessary/not necessary to do something: · It's not necessary to spend a lot of money on clothes to look good. ► hardly necessary British not necessary at all - use this when you are surprised that someone thinks something is necessary: · They asked to see my passport, my driver's license, and my bank card, which was hardly necessary.· At first glance, it seems hardly necessary to make another film about Van Gogh. ► needless use this to describe bad things that are unnecessary because they could easily have been prevented or avoided: · "I am very saddened by this needless loss of life," the President said at a news conference Tuesday.· He accused the local council of allowing a needless tragedy, through a policy of not fitting smoke detectors to council houses. ► gratuitous done for no reason, and seeming shocking or offensive: gratuitous violence/insults/cruelty etc: · The network refused to televise the film because it contained too much gratuitous violence.· It was a completely gratuitous insult -- I hadn't said anything to offend her. when a situation forces you to do something► must do something/have to do something · We must get this work finished today.· Must you leave so soon?· Before we go and see Ian there's something I have to do.· Do we have to stay for the whole show?have got to do something · I've got to go to London tomorrow for a meeting.must/have to · I didn't really want to go by train, but I had to because my car was still being repaired.· I hate to make the trip this time of year, but I really must. ► need to do something to have to do something because you think it is necessary or someone else thinks it is necessary: · We need to buy some more potatoes.· Simon knew that he needed to raise the money quickly.· Do I really need to go to this meeting? ► be forced to do something /be compelled to do something/be obliged to do something to have to do something that you do not want to do because you are in a situation that makes it impossible to avoid: · She was forced to retire early due to ill health.· We may be obliged to scrap the project if we don't get more funding.· Organizers were compelled to cancel the event after the sponsors pulled out. ► have no alternative to have to do something, even though you do not want to, because there is nothing else you can possibly do in the situation: · The authorities say that they had to close the hospital - they had no alternative.have no alternative but to do something: · He had no alternative but to resign. when you do not have to do something► not have to do something if you do not have to do something, you can do it if you want, but you are not forced to do it, either by a rule or by another person, or by the situation you are in: · Paola was fortunate in that she came from a wealthy family and didn't have to work.· You don't have to go if you don't want to. ► there is no need to do something spoken say this to tell someone that it is not necessary for them to do something: · There's no need to do the dishes - I'll do them in the morning.there's no need for somebody to do something: · There's no need for you to bring any food - it's all being provided. ► unnecessary/not necessary if something is unnecessary or not necessary , it is not needed or there is no good reason for you to do it: · They want to build another shopping mall here, but we think it's completely unnecessary.it is unnecessary/not necessary to do something: · It's not necessary to wash your hair every day. ► not need to do something/needn't do something to not have to do something, because it is not necessary: · You don't need to tell Sandy - she already knows.· You needn't come with me - I can find my own way to the station.· Marian was one of those lucky students who didn't need to work hard to do well. ► be under no obligation to do something to not have to do something if you do not want to, especially in a situation where you might feel that you have to because other people will be upset or disappointed if you do not: · The firm is under no obligation to offer you a job.not be under any obligation to do something: · You are not under any obligation to buy anything. ► optional if something is optional , you do not have to do it or use it but you can if you want to: · You don't have to do French - it's optional.· The holiday price includes entertainment in the evenings, and there are optional excursions on offer every day.optional for: · General Studies is optional for sixth-form students. ► voluntary a voluntary activity is one that you do because you want to do it, especially because you believe it is useful or will help other people, and not because you have to: · The council is trying to get more young people involved in doing voluntary work.· We get all our money from voluntary contributions. to want something very much► wish to want something to happen, when it is unlikely or impossible that it will happen, or when you cannot control what will happen: wish (that): · I wish I had a car like that.· Beth wished she could stay there forever.wish somebody/something would do something: · I wish they would turn that music down. ► would love especially spoken to want something very much, and feel that you would be happy if you had it: · I would love a cup of coffee.would love to do something: · She would love to have children, but she hasn't met the right man.· "Would you like to go on a Caribbean cruise?" "I'd love to!" would love somebody to do something: · My mother would love me to come and live in New York with her. ► would do anything/would give anything/would give your right arm if you say that you would do anything , would give anything or would give your right arm , you mean you very much want to have something or do something, especially something that is impossible to get or do: would do anything/would give anything/would give your right arm for: · I would do anything for a drink right now!· I would give anything for a look at that file.would do anything/would give anything/would give your right arm to do something: · When she first started writing, she would have done anything to get an article printed.· I'd give my right arm to be 21 again. ► be eager to do something also be keen to do something British to want to do something very much, especially because you think it will be interesting or enjoyable or it will help other people: · He's really keen to meet you.· I was eager to get my hands on these rare recordings.· Donna is very eager to prove her worth to the group.be keen for somebody to do something: · My parents were keen for me to be independent, and let me have a lot of freedom. ► be anxious to do something to want very much to do or achieve something, so that you make a great effort: · Miles was anxious to gain his boss's approval, and was always the last to leave the office in the evening.· A newly-arrived executive is usually anxious to make his mark in a new firm.be anxious for somebody/something to do something: · After the war, the government was anxious for the tourist industry to be revived. ► be dying to want something very much, and feel that you must have it or do it immediately: be dying to do something: · I'm dying to meet Lisa's new boyfriend.be dying for: · I'm dying for a drink - let's go to a bar. ► be desperate especially British to want or need something so much that you will be very unhappy or disappointed if you do not get it: · I could see that they were desperate and needed help.be desperate to do something: · After having four boys, the couple were desperate to have a little girl.· We were desperate to view the inside of the house once we saw the garden.be desperate for: · Newspapers are always desperate for stories. ► can't wait spoken say this when you want something to happen as soon as possible, because you know you will enjoy it and you are very excited about it: · "You're going on holiday soon, aren't you?" "Yes, I can't wait."I can't wait to do something: · I can't wait to see Bill again - it's been a long time.can't wait for: · I can't wait for Christmas. ► be itching to do something to be impatient to do something that you are excited about, especially something you have not done before: · She's just itching to tell you about her new boyfriend.· Despite her success, however, it just wasn't much fun anymore. Liz was itching to try something different. ► need a word used especially in spoken English meaning to want something very much, especially something to eat, drink etc: · I need a drink - coming to the bar?· Dave's been working really hard - he needs a holiday. ► crave to want as much of something as you can get, especially food, attention, or a drug: · I've always craved love and acceptance.· The review gave Picasso a taste of the recognition he craved. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► everything you need  Are you sure that you have everything you need? ► need something desperately/badly/urgently  More blood donors are urgently needed. ► much needed/badly needed  a much needed boost to the local economy ► need a (good) wash/clean/cut etc (=ought to be washed, cleaned etc) His hair needs a wash. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► require/need approval · A multimillion pound project will require approval by the full board of directors. ► need assistance · Phone this number if you need any assistance. ► be badly in need of something (=need something very much)· He felt badly in need of a cup of coffee. ► need a break · I’m sorry, I can’t do any more - I need a break. ► need/require care · She had an aging mother who required constant care. ► need cleaning  Your shoes need cleaning. ► need/want company · Children need the company of other kids their age. ► need/require consideration · Money is usually the first issue that needs consideration. ► need cooperation · Schools need the cooperation of parents. ► a need for cooperation · There is a need for closer cooperation between the departments. ► don’t need this ... crap · I don’t need this kind of crap (=used when you are angry about the way someone is behaving towards you). ► There is a crying need for  There is a crying need for doctors. ► desperately want/need  The crops desperately need rain. ► in dire need of  The country is in dire need of food aid. ► eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc  The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. ► emphasizing ... need  Logan made a speech emphasizing the need for more volunteers. ► need encouragement · These kids just need some encouragement, that's all. ► energy needs/requirements · 65% of the country’s energy needs are met by imported oil. ► need/require equipment · For scuba diving, you’ll need specialized equipment. ► need/require expertise · It’s a specialist job that requires expertise. ► need/require an explanation · We think the minister’s decision requires an explanation. ► fill a need/demand  Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. ► need a firm hand  These children need a firm hand. ► fulfils ... need  There is little doubt that the scheme fulfils a need for our community. ► need help · Some of the older patients need help with walking. ► human needs (=the things people need to have in order to live a normal healthy comfortable life)· The islanders meet the universal basic human needs of food and shelter in unexpected ways. ► individual needs  You can have the bathroom designed to suit your individual needs. ► the needs of the individual · The fitness program is adapted to the needs of the individual. ► need information · When I needed information for my report, Jack was always extremely helpful. ► needs no introduction  Our first contestant needs no introduction (=everyone already knows the person). ► the know-how needed  the know-how needed by today’s practising lawyer ► the last thing somebody needs/wants  The last thing she needed was for me to start crying too. ► the needs of the learner · The language in the coursebook is controlled to meet the needs of the learner. ► need a minimum of something (also require a minimum of something formal)· We’ll need a minimum of two days to get this ready. ► need a miracle · He'll need a miracle to pass this test. ► need modification (also require modification formal)· Some of the older power stations urgently needed modification. ► need notice (also require notice formal)· The company requires a month’s notice of any holiday time you would like to take. ► obviates the need  The new treatment obviates the need for surgery. ► need permission · You'll need written permission from your parents first. ► need/require a permit · EU citizens no longer need a permit to work in the UK. ► need practice · She needs more practice. ► need/require preparation · Important competitions need proper preparation. ► pressing problem/matter/need etc  Poverty is a more pressing problem than pollution. ► need proof · He needed proof to back up those allegations. ► need protection (also require protection formal)· He seemed to think that she needed protection. ► needs public · The public needs to be better informed. ► need public · The public need to be better informed. ► be in need of repair · Many of the cottages were badly in need of repair. ► satisfy a need · Education must satisfy the needs of its pupils. ► serve the needs/interests of somebody/something  research projects that serve the needs of industry ► in sore need of  Inner city schools are in sore need of extra funds. ► sorely needed  Your help is sorely needed. ► stress the need for something · She stressed the need for more effective policing. ► suit somebody's needs/requirements · The building has been adapted to suit the needs of older people. ► need/require supervision · I do not need constant supervision. ► need surgery (also require surgery formal)· He is likely to need surgery in the near future. ► tailor something to meet/suit somebody’s needs/requirements  The classes are tailored to suit learners’ needs. ► need the toilet British English (=need to use the toilet)· Does anyone need the toilet before we set off? ► need/require training · The team will need extra software training. ► need/require treatment · All three were beaten so badly that they needed hospital treatment. ► unconscious feeling/desire/need etc  an unconscious need to be loved ► an urgent need · There is an urgent need for stricter regulation. ► need a vacation · You’re working too hard. You need a vacation. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also · The class may also need to know about important background dates like the date of the Second World War, and so on.· We need sustenance and a viable habitat, but we also need social cohesion and connection of all sorts.· The routing for the jet efflux also needs to be considered.· Both parents also need basic knowledge about the possible interventions that may become necessary or may be offered.· We will also need networks in the home for data and video distribution.· You also need a feeling of coherence and consistency between your work and your beliefs.· As people have more leisure, they also need better facilities for sport.· Funds are also needed to provide wheelchairs and synthesizers. ► badly · The church there is undergoing difficult times and badly needs our prayers.· The tribes will be forced to spend money they badly need for other things to defeat it.· In one way I hated doing it, but it was exactly the sort of shot I badly needed to get.· Forget the old adage about non-stop bicycling; the growing Community badly needs a decade of constitutional calm.· Union leaders say the hot line is needed badly.· From what I can see Bill Wyman also badly needs help.· Netcom also has the expertise of working with Internet customers that a telephone company would need badly to succeed in the business. ► desperately · She needed desperately to be alone for a little while - to think.· His hard, tough, unsentimental mind gave to the weak young republic the guidance it desperately needed.· The world today desperately needs to build communities of love and peace.· This team desperately needed a showman, and it got one when it persuaded Barkley to re-enlist.· He has been endlessly harassed by the press who desperately need a story.· It is in defense of democracy against this everpresent danger that a literacy based upon informed irreverence is most desperately needed.· Duval, destroyed, looked as though he desperately needed the bell for the end of the round of golf.· The money was desperately needed to expand the system to accommodate an ever-increasing population. ► really · Do we really need lots of people sitting around pondering on research topics that are of little benefit to man or beast?· After last night, after any of these nights lately, I was so physically exhausted, I really needed sleep!· We really need to catch this man before he attacks some one else.· And who really needs rock music, hair coloring and makeup anyway?· Something really needs to be done.· It was so substantial that it really needs to be removed from the appetizer list and placed under entrees. ► still · Patients would still need to be treated every month.· The auditorium was recently renovated for more than $ 2 million and still needs improvements.· But you still need to prepare.· Two key questions still need to be addressed: Do consumers want new services and will they pay for them?· Many general practitioners still need to be convinced that their views will be listened to and where appropriate acted on.· We still needed a product orientation, not job orientation, and we needed goals, measurement, comparison, and feedback.· The cheapest proposal would still need five years to recoup its costs.· There seems to be a lot of work still needed, but the pedal boat is only part of the mosaic. ► urgently · Of course something must be done to reduce road congestion: revenue taken from road-users urgently needs to be invested in roads.· No wonder the rights of citizenship were granted only grudgingly, except when the town urgently needed to increase its population.· Bragg says that universities urgently need to convince academics that popularising research is respectable.· Successive dollars of income will go for less urgently needed goods and finally for trivial goods and services.· After all, what most urgently needs thought in this century, if not the event and the phantasm?· If we are going to maintain the modern world, then concerted action for the future is urgently needed.· Some of the lines urgently need modernising.· We will reform decision-making Britain urgently needs a better way of making economic decisions. NOUN► attention · You will need to pay attention to the first impression you make.· But like Charles Frye, Rudi felt that his students needed counseling-and attention and support-at least as much as they needed teaching.· Ron Deacon is adoptive father to five love bird chicks, who need constant care and attention.· Doctors say she will need years of medical attention.· The Beaumaris and District Civic Trust has highlighted problems which it says need attention.· But in the end, something sound emerges from all the noise: An issue that needs attention gets it.· We need to pay particular attention to two things.· It is one of the blessings of nature that the lock is something which needs minor attention. ► help · Managers will need help to understand people's needs during a period of transition and also their own reactions to change.· To avoid spinsterhood, she would need the help of her family.· This means that there are more old people needing special help and proportionately fewer people of working age to provide for them.· Shaving had an impact on his morale and he needed all the help he could get.· He needed no help from men and women, and needed no partner.· These were students who needed help, academically and in all the other ways that City College students needed help.· It was insensitive to the champion's feelings but Henin looked as though she needed all the help she could get.· On the other hand, work-inhibited students need all the help they can get in order to bolster their weak egos. ► money · But a merchant needs capital to trade with, and a government needs money to spend.· He referred a couple of times to needing more money to do that.· When I need more money, I get some work for a week or two.· He needed the money for an eye operation for his wife.· We have to: we need the money.· Hey, Al needs some money..... VERB► don · The Who don t need the money, but they are hungry to be relevant. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► you need only do something/all you need do is ...► need I ask/need I say more/need I go on etc?► that’s all I need/that’s just what I didn’t need► need something like a hole in the head► who needs it/them? Emergency care would be covered for everyone who needs it, as required by law now. If make-up is not wearable, who needs it? Men, she thought; who needs them? Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them. ► need to do something But if repeated calls fail to produce an answer the officer may subsequently need to account for himself. Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food. He reminded himself that he needed to have a key made for the desk drawer where he kept her letters. Management needs to ensure that the expensive and long-term project has a good strategic pay-off. They may need to pause for a minute after each picture, since after-images tend to persist. We need to demonstrate how wrong they are. We need to let kids be responsible, make some choices, let them feel powerful. ► I need hardly say/tell/remind etc Birds have never been one of my major interests, I need hardly say. How I welcomed Night Duty, I need hardly say. I need hardly say how heartily I sympathize with the purposes of the Audubon Society. I need hardly say that I don't care to have things so. I need hardly say that my wife's first impression of Lewis differed somewhat from my own. Mr Bawn, I need hardly tell you, is a man of considerable dignity and I would not leave him here. Type 4 I need hardly say how glad I am. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► answer a need Previously, most units had a clean-lined, contemporary look that did not answer needs of style-conscious traditionalists. Your answer need not be quite as full as the explanations given here. ► when/if the need arises They are ready to fight if the need arises. Alterations to your flight details sometimes occur for operational reasons and we reserve the right to make these if the need arises. As and when the need arises, sub-committees will be established to consider specific environmental issues. Families, too, are a great source of help and are roped in when the need arises. Her powers seem curiously independent of age, and she can call upon extraordinary sources of energy when the need arises. In fact, they could prop up the Conservative Government for a fifth term, if the need arises! The other side of this coin is an impressive surge capability on hand when the need arises. They remain like this motionless with the woman stemming any premature ejaculatory urges by squeeze control, if the need arises. ► burning ambition/desire/need etc Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters. Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition. But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time. His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money. I just have never had a burning desire to practice law. It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed. The second time, it was a passion, a burning desire. You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage. ► take/need a cold shower He put water on to boil and took a cold shower. I took a cold shower and changed my clothes. In the morning, when you get up, take a cold shower. Instead he took a cold shower and a huge mug of coffee, and tried to sort out his thoughts. There is one foolproof way to rid yourself of this - take a cold shower. ► compelling need/desire/urge (to do something) And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change. Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner. Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so. Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson. ► crying need for something There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention. ► feed an addiction/need etc The feed needs to be as iron-free as possible in order that the eventual meat will be the light colour preferred by consumers. ► feel the need to do something Some magazines feel the need to be controversial. Adult players, by contrast, feel the need to equip themselves with the best. Don't you feel the need to pray? Nevertheless, I feel the need to unburden myself in print. She considered tracking them, but didn't feel the need to make any particular point of it. She had hoped that after so long here nomole would ever feel the need to ask her. They feel the need to inject young and hungry talent into the bank's deliberations at the highest level. Why he felt the need to record these deaths he could not explain. ► a friend in need Posing as a friend in need it approaches the unsuspecting host and takes a bite, usually from the gills. ► need/want something like a hole in the head► need some (more) meat on your bones Matt, you need some more meat on your bones! ► meet a need/demand/requirement/condition etc Booksellers are in the vanguard and many of them simply can not get enough books to meet demand. But, on the theory, to ask if it is true is just to ask if it meets a need. Compaq are accelerating production in an attempt to meet demand. Education, training and skills development is another way in which the government attempts to meet demands for labour. Then it meets requirements for his powerful living. There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank. To meet demand, Cirrus is stepping up production. Under the present system the Central Electricity Generating Board is charged with ensuring there is enough power station capacity to meet demand. ► on a need-to-know basis Access to the manufacturing process is on a strictly need-to-know basis. ► the last thing somebody wants/expects/needs etc I like going to bed with her when going to bed with me is the last thing she wants. To be slipshod is to be hounded, which is the last thing he wants. With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford. Word family WORD FAMILYnounneedneedsthe needyadjectiveneedlessneedyverbneedadverbneedlessly 1[transitive] to have to have something or someone, because you cannot do something without them, or because you cannot continue or cannot exist without them SYN  require:  You don’t really need a car. Plants need light in order to survive. The camcorder needs a new battery. Are you sure that you have everything you need?need something for something I need glasses for reading.need somebody to do something I need you to help me with the cooking.need something desperately/badly/urgently More blood donors are urgently needed.much needed/badly needed a much needed boost to the local economy2[transitive] to feel that you want something very much:  I need a drink. If you need anything, just say.need to do something She needed to go out for a walk.3need to do something used when saying that someone should do something or has to do something:  He needs to see a doctor straightaway. I need to catch up on my office work. You need to let me know by Monday if you want to take part.4[modal] British English used in negative sentences when saying that something is not necessary or not always true → have toneed not/needn’t You needn’t stay long. Going to the dentist need not necessarily be a painful experience.need not have done something/need not do something You needn’t have spent all that money. I needn’t have worried.need I/we etc do something? British English old-fashioned Need we leave so soon?somebody need never do something Jim need never find out what I said.5[transitive] used when saying that something should have something done to it, or has to have something done to itsomething needs doing The house needed painting. Does this shirt need ironing?something needs to be checked/cleaned/done etc The engine will need to be completely checked. The pie doesn’t need to be refrigerated.need a (good) wash/clean/cut etc (=ought to be washed, cleaned etc) His hair needs a wash.6[transitive] if a job needs a quality or skill, you must have that quality or skill in order to do it well:  The job needs a lot of patience. Being a teacher needs a high level of motivation.7I need hardly say/tell/remind etc British English used when you think people should already know what you are going to say:  I need hardly remind you that this information is confidential.8you need only do something/all you need do is ... British English used when saying that you only have to do something in order to do something else:  We need only look at the building to see how much money it will take to repair. All we need do is threaten them.9need I ask/need I say more/need I go on etc? British English used to say that it is not necessary to ask or say more about something, because the rest is clear:  She’s lazy, slow, and stubborn. Need I say more?10that’s all I need/that’s just what I didn’t need spoken used when saying that you did not want something to happen, especially when it seems annoying:  ‘There’s a customer for you on the phone.’ ‘That’s all I need!’11need something like a hole in the head informal used when saying that you definitely do not need something12 who needs it/them? spoken a)used to say you are not interested in something:  Make-up, who needs it? b)used to say that someone or something is actually very important to you:  Kids? Who needs them!GRAMMARPatterns with need• You say that you need something: · You’ll need some warm clothes.• You say that you need to do something: · I need to clean the house.• You say that something needs cutting/cleaning etc (=it needs to be cut, cleaned etc): · My hair needs cutting.• You say that you need something done (=you want someone to do it for you): · I need my car fixed urgently.Negatives• You say that you do not need something: · You don’t need a jacket.• You say that you don’t need to do something or you need not/needn’t do something (=it is not necessary): · I don’t need to leave until 10.· You needn’t apologize. ✗Don’t say: I don’t need leave. | You needn’t to apologize.• You say that someone didn’t need to do something (=it was not necessary): · I didn’t need to tell him who I was – he already knew.• You say that someone needn’t have done something (=although they have done it, it was not necessary): · We needn’t have ordered so much food.Using the progressiveNeed is not used in the progressive. You say: · I need a break. ✗Don’t say: I’m needing a break.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSTHESAURUSneed if you need something, you must have it, because you cannot do something without it: · I need your help.· The people desperately need food and clean water.require formal to need something: · Children require a lot of attention.· The game requires great skill.can’t do without something to be unable to do something without something: · A lot of people can’t do without their mobile phones.could do with something/could use something informal to need or want something: · Shall we stop? I could do with a rest.be desperate for something to need something urgently: · Liz was desperate for a cigarette.· The people are desperate for food.be dependent on something/somebody to be unable to live or continue normally without something or someone: · The refugees are dependent on outside food supplies.demand formal if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully: · The situation is urgent and demands immediate action. need1 verbneed2 noun needneed2 ●●● S1 W1 noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINneed2 Origin: Old English nied, ned Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Carlton acknowledged that there was a need for stricter safety regulations at some of the sites. Don't you ever feel the need to take a vacation? The need to improve teaching standards is recognized; however, it is not something that is going to happen overnight. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But is this fair on clients who are vulnerable and in need? Careful analysis of the needs and, above all, the capabilities of the intended user is also essential. David's need for a son had become an obsession. Despite her need of medical attention, the night was young and there was still time to celebrate. However, the family spoke Punjabi exclusively at home and had very strong views on the need to do this. National associations also tend to sponsor larger schemes in the more important settlements rather than in areas of isolated housing need. Such changes are, however, being implemented by people who have the needs of the mentally handicapped at heart. Travel office Rauraje Deshprabhu will fix any of your local needs, and additional airline tickets. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto need something► need if you need something, you must have it, because you cannot live, succeed, or do something without it: · It's cold outside -- you'll need a coat.· I think she might need a doctor.· Do you need some help?need something for something: · He needs the information for an article he's writing.need to do something (=when it is necessary for someone to do something): · We need to take the cat to the vet.need somebody to do something: · Do you still need volunteers to help clean up after the party?badly need something (=need something very much): · The team badly needs a victory. ► need to need to be cleaned, repaired, or given attention in some way: need cleaning/washing/mending etc: · My hair needs washing.· Don't forget, the plants need watering once a week.need a wash/clean etc: · You don't have to paint UPVC windows, and they need only an occasional wash down with detergent. ► require formal to need something: · Guests who require special diets should inform the catering manager in advance.· Is there anything further you require, sir? ► could do with/could use spoken informal say that you could do with something or could use something when you feel that you need it and that it would improve things for you: · "Let's stop for a minute." "Sure, I could do with a rest."· I could use a hand with this if you have a minute.· Boy, I sure could use a drink. ► be in need of if someone is in need of help, advice, money etc, they need it because they are in a difficult situation: · Several people were in need of medical treatment.badly in need of something: · The country is badly in need of foreign investment. ► there is a need for if there is a need for something, it is needed by a group of people because it is useful or necessary in order to make a situation better: · There's always a need for blood donors.· There's no need for you to know my full name. Reggie will do.there is an urgent need for something: · There is an urgent need for a review of current immigration law.there is a growing need for something: · There's a growing need for computer programmers and IT people in many parts of Latin America. to need someone or something very much► be desperate for to urgently need something and want it very much: · Wendell was desperate for a girlfriend, yet crippled by his fear of rejection.· A cordon of police struggled to keep back onlookers and relatives desperate for news. ► be crying out for if a group of people are crying out for something such as help, food, or medicine, they need it very urgently because they are facing great difficulties without it: · The country is crying out for strong leadership.· As we all know, Birmingham has been crying out for a venue for local bands for several years. ► can't do without to be unable to do the things that you have to do without someone who usually helps you or without something that you usually use: · I absolutely can't do without my mobile phone.· Patrick is an excellent assistant - I couldn't do without him. ► depend on/rely on if you depend on or rely on someone or something, you need them because they provide you with something that you need: depend/rely on somebody/something: · He was growing to depend on her, he knew that.· Not surprisingly, businesses that rely on government contracts are being hit badly by the spending cuts.depend/rely on somebody to do something: · Elvin depended on her to dress him, feed him and do many other tasks.· Many plants rely on birds to distribute their seeds.depend/rely on somebody for something: · Having to depend on her father for financial support was just not worth it, Sylvia decided.depend/rely heavily on/upon (=depend/rely a lot on): · State and local governments rely heavily on sales and property taxes. ► be dependent on/be reliant on if you are dependent on or are reliant on someone or something, you need them so much that you cannot exist or continue successfully without them, because they provide you with all the most important things you need: · In those days, he was very dependent on Connie and wouldn't do anything without first consulting her.be dependent/reliant on somebody/something for something: · Many old people are dependent on government benefits for their basic survival.be heavily dependent/reliant on (=be very reliant on): · Small companies are heavily reliant on the goodwill of the banks in order to keep going. necessary► necessary if something is necessary , you need to have it or do it: · He produced the necessary documents and handed them to her.necessary for: · Fats in our diet are necessary for both heat and energy.if necessary (=if it is necessary): · If necessary, we will have to employ some outside people to finish the job.it is necessary (for somebody) to do something formal: · It will be necessary to close the pool while the repairs take place.· The doctor says it may be necessary for me to have an operation. ► essential if something is essential , you need it because you cannot be successful, healthy, safe etc without it: · If you're going hiking in the mountains, a decent pair of boots is essential.· The tourist industry is now acknowledged as an essential part of the Spanish economy.essential for: · Calcium is essential for the development of healthy teeth and bones.it is essential to do something: · It is essential to read any document carefully before you sign it.it is essential that: · It is essential that the oil is checked every 10,000 km. ► vital if something is vital , it is extremely important and you will have serious problems if you do not have it or do it: · In this job, the ability to remain calm is vital.· The European Space Agency said that a vital piece of equipment on the craft had stopped functioning.vital for: · Regular exercise is vital for your health.it is vital that: · It is vital that you keep accurate tax records. ► indispensable someone or something that is indispensable is extremely useful and it is almost impossible to do something without them: · If you're planning on going sightseeing around the old city, a guide is indispensable.indispensable to: · The book will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to learn more about the British Royal Family. ► be a necessity if something is a necessity , you must have it for your job or for your life, and it is not something that you only have for pleasure: · For most people, a good guidebook is a necessity when travelling.· If you live in a place like London, a car alarm is an absolute necessity. ► be a must informal if you say that something such as a book, film, or type of clothes is a must , you mean that people must read, see, or wear it, because it is very fashionable, enjoyable, interesting etc - used especially in advertisements and magazines: · If you're interested in the early history of aviation, this book is a must.be a must for somebody: · Ankle boots are a must for anyone who wants to keep up with the latest fashions this autumn. ► required also requisite formal necessary for a particular purpose, especially according to a law or rule: · They failed to submit their plans in the required time limit.· If the proposed piece of legislation fails to get the requisite two-thirds majority in Parliament, it cannot become law.required for: · In my opinion, she does not have the qualifications required for the job.· Research and writing have become requisite for career advancement in academia. make it necessary to do something► make it necessary : make it necessary to do something · The heavy rain made it necessary to close several roads.· By 1870, larger ships and cargoes made it necessary to create a new port at Avonmouth.make it necessary for somebody to do something · Recent violence has made it necessary for security forces to take drastic measures. ► necessitate formal to make it necessary for you to do something, especially something that is difficult or that you would prefer not to do: · Sales have dropped dramatically, necessitating cuts in production and employment.necessitate doing something: · The proposed festival would necessitate closing University Avenue between 14th and 24th Streets Northwest. something that is needed► need if there is a need for something, that thing is needed: need for: · Carlton acknowledged that there was a need for stricter safety regulations at some of the sites.need to do something: · The need to improve teaching standards is recognized; however, it is not something that is going to happen overnight.feel the need to do something (=feel that you need to do something): · Don't you ever feel the need to take a vacation? ► necessity something that you must have for your job or for your life, not something that you only have for pleasure: · I would say that TV has become more a necessity than a luxury, wouldn't you?the bare necessities (=the most important and necessary things such as clothes and food): · For several years, the family was forced to make do with just the bare necessities. ► requirement the amount or level of something that it is necessary to have, especially one that has been officially decided or is officially advised: · The average daily food requirement for an adult is between 2000 and 3000 calories.come up to/meet/satisfy a requirement (=reach the necessary level or amount): · For the second year in a row, the city's water supply has failed to meet minimum purity requirements. when a job or activity needs a particular quality► need British if a job or activity needs a particular quality, you must have that quality in order to do it well: · Teaching children to read needs a lot of patience and skill.· It must have needed a great deal of self-discipline for you to lose so much weight in such a short time.· What are the qualities that are needed for the job? ► take if a job or activity takes a particular quality, or a lot of time, money, effort etc, you must have that quality or spend a lot of time etc in order to do it: · Don't get discouraged. Learning a new language takes a lot of effort.it takes something to do something: · It took us about five months to sell our house.· It takes strength and stamina to be a long-distance runner. ► require formal if a job or activity requires a particular quality, you have to have that quality in order to do it well: · A lot of patience is required to look after a disabled child.· As any couple will tell you, marriage requires commitment and sacrifice from both partners. ► call for if doing something difficult calls for a particular quality or a particular type of behaviour, you must have that quality or behave in that way in order to succeed in doing it: · The Times crossword calls for a certain amount of literary knowledge.· Launching a new product is a highly complicated business, and careful planning is called for. to provide something that is needed or wanted► meet/satisfy a need if someone or something meets or satisfies a need , they give people what they need or want: · Public transportation here has failed to meet the community's needs.meet/satisfy a need of: · It's extremely difficult for one teacher to meet the needs of 16 students in a class when each is working at a different level.satisfy a basic human need: · Belief in God or a supreme being seems to satisfy some basic human need. ► meet requirements also fulfil requirements British, /fulfill requirements American if someone or something meets or fulfils the requirements that have been set for them, they reach the standards that are necessary, especially standards that have been officially decided: · Beginning in April, street vendors will be required to meet a tough new set of requirements.meet requirements for: · The group has been notified by school officials that it no longer meets the requirements for a voluntary student organization. ► meet demand to provide enough quantities of a product so that everyone who wants one can have one: · Record stores are finding it difficult to meet the demand for the group's latest CD, Greasy Pole. meet demand for: · Ford announced that it has increased production to meet demand for its new range of sports utility vehicle. ► fill a need if something fills a need , for example a new product or service, it gives people something that they have wanted but which they have not been able to have until now: fill a need for: · The restaurant fills a need for good healthful food and for a good place to meet.· This handsome book fills a need for a clear children's guide to the African-American tradition of Kwanzaa. when you do not need something► don't need to not need something or someone: · Do you want these text books? I don't need them any more.· Listen, people with disabilities do not need or want your pity.· According to Mahoney, the company did not need the cash, but was selling the division in an effort to streamline its operations. ► spare use this about something which you do not need now, but which is available so that you can use it later or let someone else use it: · We have two spare tickets for the game - do you want to come?· Some couples will start married life in a spare room at the home of one set of parents -- usually the bride's.spare change: · It seemed like every time I turned around, some bum was hitting me up for spare change. ► can do without also can manage without to not need someone or something, because you can live normally or do what you need to do without them: · We should be able to manage without you for a few days.· "I can do without alcohol, but I can't do without the cigs," O'Hare wheezed. ► have no use for to not need someone or something because you no longer use them or cannot think of a way of using them: · The fish spend their lives in darkness, and, having no use for eyes, are totally blind.· If society has no use for old people, is it any wonder that older people feel that their lives are without meaning? ► have no need of formal to not need something: · Japan has its own space program and has no need of American technology. ► can dispense with formal to not need to use or do something that you usually use or do, because it is no longer necessary: · The company decided that it could dispense with the middle management level altogether.dispense with the formalities (=to not use formal or very polite behaviour, such as introducing people to each other): · We all know each other here, so I think we can dispense with the formalities. not necessary► unnecessary/not necessary if something is unnecessary or not necessary , you do not need to have it or do it: · Don't fill your report with unnecessary information.· A lot of the expenses that he's claiming seem totally unnecessary.it is unnecessary/not necessary to do something: · It's not necessary to spend a lot of money on clothes to look good. ► hardly necessary British not necessary at all - use this when you are surprised that someone thinks something is necessary: · They asked to see my passport, my driver's license, and my bank card, which was hardly necessary.· At first glance, it seems hardly necessary to make another film about Van Gogh. ► needless use this to describe bad things that are unnecessary because they could easily have been prevented or avoided: · "I am very saddened by this needless loss of life," the President said at a news conference Tuesday.· He accused the local council of allowing a needless tragedy, through a policy of not fitting smoke detectors to council houses. ► gratuitous done for no reason, and seeming shocking or offensive: gratuitous violence/insults/cruelty etc: · The network refused to televise the film because it contained too much gratuitous violence.· It was a completely gratuitous insult -- I hadn't said anything to offend her. when you do not have to do something► not have to do something if you do not have to do something, you can do it if you want, but you are not forced to do it, either by a rule or by another person, or by the situation you are in: · Paola was fortunate in that she came from a wealthy family and didn't have to work.· You don't have to go if you don't want to. ► there is no need to do something spoken say this to tell someone that it is not necessary for them to do something: · There's no need to do the dishes - I'll do them in the morning.there's no need for somebody to do something: · There's no need for you to bring any food - it's all being provided. ► unnecessary/not necessary if something is unnecessary or not necessary , it is not needed or there is no good reason for you to do it: · They want to build another shopping mall here, but we think it's completely unnecessary.it is unnecessary/not necessary to do something: · It's not necessary to wash your hair every day. ► not need to do something/needn't do something to not have to do something, because it is not necessary: · You don't need to tell Sandy - she already knows.· You needn't come with me - I can find my own way to the station.· Marian was one of those lucky students who didn't need to work hard to do well. ► be under no obligation to do something to not have to do something if you do not want to, especially in a situation where you might feel that you have to because other people will be upset or disappointed if you do not: · The firm is under no obligation to offer you a job.not be under any obligation to do something: · You are not under any obligation to buy anything. ► optional if something is optional , you do not have to do it or use it but you can if you want to: · You don't have to do French - it's optional.· The holiday price includes entertainment in the evenings, and there are optional excursions on offer every day.optional for: · General Studies is optional for sixth-form students. ► voluntary a voluntary activity is one that you do because you want to do it, especially because you believe it is useful or will help other people, and not because you have to: · The council is trying to get more young people involved in doing voluntary work.· We get all our money from voluntary contributions. having very little money► poor · They were so poor they couldn't afford to buy shoes for their children.· She was born in a poor district of Chicago in 1925.· People who live in poor countries have a much lower life expectancy.· These cuts will hit the poorest members of society.· Some Democrats believed they lost the election because many poor women didn't turn out to vote.dirt poor American (=extremely poor) · Her mother grew up dirt poor among migrant workers in Alabama. ► badly off having less money than most other people: · She was quite badly off for a while after her husband died.· We were pretty poor, but most of our friends were even worse off.· No matter how badly off we were, we never went to bed hungry. ► needy/in need needy people or people who are in need do not have enough money to buy food, clothes etc, and deserve help: · The fund was established to help needy widows whose husbands had died in the war.· More aid should be given to needy families.· All profits from the concert will go to help children in need. ► impoverished formal very poor - use this especially about people or places that were not poor in the past: · His family became so impoverished they were forced to sell the farm.· All there was in the region was dry soil and impoverished villages. ► poverty-stricken written extremely poor, and suffering as a result of this: · At the moment, many poverty-stricken communities are experiencing a shortage of teachers.· His photographs show vividly the lives of poverty-stricken families in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. ► destitute especially written having no money or possessions, and often nowhere to live, especially when there seems to be no possibility of improving the situation: · In 1860 Father Murphy set up a home for orphans and destitute children.· The rest of her family all died in a smallpox epidemic, leaving her destitute. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives► a real/clear need (=one that really exists)· There is a real need for after-school care in our area. ► an urgent need (=one that must be dealt with quickly)· The most urgent need was for more teachers. ► a pressing/crying need (=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses. ► a desperate need (=an extremely urgent need)· There is a desperate need to build more housing. ► a growing/increasing need · She emphasized the growing need to deal with environmental problems. verbs► stress/emphasize/underline the need for something (=say how important it is)· He stressed the need for better training courses. ► eliminate the need for something (also obviate the need for something formal) (=make something unnecessary)· The new drug treatment eliminates the need for surgery. ► a need exists · New teaching materials must be created if a need exists for them. phrases► there is a need for something · Clearly there is a need for more research. ► there is no need for something · They felt that there was no need for a formal contract. ► as/if/when the need arises (=if or when something becomes necessary)· Team members move from job to job as the need arises. ► if need be (=if it is necessary)· I can work during my lunch break if need be. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► require/need approval · A multimillion pound project will require approval by the full board of directors. ► need assistance · Phone this number if you need any assistance. ► be badly in need of something (=need something very much)· He felt badly in need of a cup of coffee. ► need a break · I’m sorry, I can’t do any more - I need a break. ► need/require care · She had an aging mother who required constant care. ► need cleaning  Your shoes need cleaning. ► need/want company · Children need the company of other kids their age. ► need/require consideration · Money is usually the first issue that needs consideration. ► need cooperation · Schools need the cooperation of parents. ► a need for cooperation · There is a need for closer cooperation between the departments. ► don’t need this ... crap · I don’t need this kind of crap (=used when you are angry about the way someone is behaving towards you). ► There is a crying need for  There is a crying need for doctors. ► desperately want/need  The crops desperately need rain. ► in dire need of  The country is in dire need of food aid. ► eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc  The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques. There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft. ► emphasizing ... need  Logan made a speech emphasizing the need for more volunteers. ► need encouragement · These kids just need some encouragement, that's all. ► energy needs/requirements · 65% of the country’s energy needs are met by imported oil. ► need/require equipment · For scuba diving, you’ll need specialized equipment. ► need/require expertise · It’s a specialist job that requires expertise. ► need/require an explanation · We think the minister’s decision requires an explanation. ► fill a need/demand  Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. ► need a firm hand  These children need a firm hand. ► fulfils ... need  There is little doubt that the scheme fulfils a need for our community. ► need help · Some of the older patients need help with walking. ► human needs (=the things people need to have in order to live a normal healthy comfortable life)· The islanders meet the universal basic human needs of food and shelter in unexpected ways. ► individual needs  You can have the bathroom designed to suit your individual needs. ► the needs of the individual · The fitness program is adapted to the needs of the individual. ► need information · When I needed information for my report, Jack was always extremely helpful. ► needs no introduction  Our first contestant needs no introduction (=everyone already knows the person). ► the know-how needed  the know-how needed by today’s practising lawyer ► the last thing somebody needs/wants  The last thing she needed was for me to start crying too. ► the needs of the learner · The language in the coursebook is controlled to meet the needs of the learner. ► need a minimum of something (also require a minimum of something formal)· We’ll need a minimum of two days to get this ready. ► need a miracle · He'll need a miracle to pass this test. ► need modification (also require modification formal)· Some of the older power stations urgently needed modification. ► need notice (also require notice formal)· The company requires a month’s notice of any holiday time you would like to take. ► obviates the need  The new treatment obviates the need for surgery. ► need permission · You'll need written permission from your parents first. ► need/require a permit · EU citizens no longer need a permit to work in the UK. ► need practice · She needs more practice. ► need/require preparation · Important competitions need proper preparation. ► pressing problem/matter/need etc  Poverty is a more pressing problem than pollution. ► need proof · He needed proof to back up those allegations. ► need protection (also require protection formal)· He seemed to think that she needed protection. ► needs public · The public needs to be better informed. ► need public · The public need to be better informed. ► be in need of repair · Many of the cottages were badly in need of repair. ► satisfy a need · Education must satisfy the needs of its pupils. ► serve the needs/interests of somebody/something  research projects that serve the needs of industry ► in sore need of  Inner city schools are in sore need of extra funds. ► sorely needed  Your help is sorely needed. ► stress the need for something · She stressed the need for more effective policing. ► suit somebody's needs/requirements · The building has been adapted to suit the needs of older people. ► need/require supervision · I do not need constant supervision. ► need surgery (also require surgery formal)· He is likely to need surgery in the near future. ► tailor something to meet/suit somebody’s needs/requirements  The classes are tailored to suit learners’ needs. ► need the toilet British English (=need to use the toilet)· Does anyone need the toilet before we set off? ► need/require training · The team will need extra software training. ► need/require treatment · All three were beaten so badly that they needed hospital treatment. ► unconscious feeling/desire/need etc  an unconscious need to be loved ► an urgent need · There is an urgent need for stricter regulation. ► need a vacation · You’re working too hard. You need a vacation. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► basic · Maslow, if we recall, suggested that this is one of our basic needs. 4.· Romances, then, appeal to a basic need for mental escape and to our sense of practicality.· Different interpretations might be applied to different organizations, but the basic information needs are the same.· With basic needs in increasingly short supply, the social fabric of Cairo is showing signs of fraying.· The social system has certain basic needs which must be met if it is to survive.· People had jobs; basic needs were met.· Meaningful work is satisfying because it is rooted in basic human needs. ► desperate · Education and health are in desperate need of investment.· With hundreds of thousands of people in desperate need of food and shelter, six more helicopters were sent from Pretoria.· Often it can force frightened people in desperate need to take a pittance.· His fear of blood had been overcome tonight because of his desperate need not to be a killer of animals.· They felt a desperate need for credible values and a personal spiritual center.· There is a desperate need to provide these precious specimens with surroundings that are better designed to ensure their preservation.· He had a desperate need to control both people and events. ► educational · This compares with an estimated proportion of the school population with special educational needs of 20 percent.· ACE/AGIT recommend that one of the governors undertakes to look after the interests of the children with special educational needs.· By focusing on the educational needs of the poor, the act avoided the religious controversy that killed its proposals under Kennedy.· Despite the integrative intentions of recent legislation, the Authority continued its administrative separation of special educational needs from primary education.· Neglect of the educational needs of people starts at the very beginning.· The chapter concludes by considering the implications of the Education Reform Act for under-fives and special educational needs. ► great · The existence of such a statement confirms that the child has greater special educational needs than most other children with such needs.· She was in very great need of cheering up.· There is a great need for music and art that cries out for change in this sad, sick society.· One man who did this and filled a great need was James Watt.· Their greater need is for explanations - or so their interest in these lessons suggests.· Quality assurance must have a sufficiently comprehensive scope to identify all areas having the greatest need or potential for improvement. 4.· Some day, some one will be in greater need than me.· Apparently the savings in costs are greater than the need to function as an independent news source. ► individual · The time we spend attending to these individual needs is bound to vary somewhat.· They must also cultivate the psychological flexibility to respond to ever-changing work, family, and individual needs.· Specially tailored Plan to suit your individual needs.· Others are due to discrepancies between individual workers' needs and their employers' require-ments.· They are concerned with the problems of adapting designs to meet individual needs.· And each business should choose its set carefully, to fit its individual needs.· Providing for exceptional and individual needs may be more costly than providing for the average needs of fairly homogeneous groups of pupils.· Within each individual sleep needs remain quite constant. ► particular · The staff of the receiving primary school would be alerted to the child's particular needs.· These statements specify the educational and other provisions that are necessary to meet the pupil's particular needs.· Every Partnership developing a Compact will design a management structure servicing its particular needs.· These can all be customised to suit your particular needs.· Many areas have special schemes which fit in with the particular needs of individual people at home.· Many different disciplines need to be aware of the particular needs of such patients and the implications of new findings.· Second, people feel that central government is remote from their particular needs.· The differences, where there are any, will be dictated by the target group of learners and their particular needs. ► pressing · Funding issues For many centres, securing funding for the new qualifications is a pressing need.· The most pressing need was probably in financial management.· The spur for development in tests usually came from a pressing practical need.· More pressing was the need to find shelter, food and extra clothing.· Anomalies are also regarded as serious if they are important with respect to some pressing social need.· But this is not a pressing need.· A family business, with quite modest funds, has a pressing need for more capital.· This reorganization in 1962 was largely a result of the pressing need of the railways for financial readjustment. ► real · After shifting through hundreds of pics of your gorgeous guys we found one that was in real need of a Hollywood make-over!· Some day, there will undoubtedly be a real need for another independent counsel to investigate real wrongdoing by high officials.· Sally's long blonde hair was in real need of conditioning and re-colouring.· Short of clambering down there myself I could be no surer, and there was no real need for that.· In identifying and responding to real needs he did not shrink from touching the painful spots.· The time has come for Britain to cut its military spending and begin to use its limited resources for our real needs.· They were introduced when there was a real need to get some hot food into the poor.· It also enables older people to challenge what is done for them, and to make provision more in line with their real needs. ► social · The division between health and social needs can be narrowed by joint training.· But often guilt and circumstances keep them from acting on their social needs.· They are most likely to be attached to primary schools in areas of social need, or to special schools.· He sees the trajectory of his industrial social formation in contradiction to meeting fundamental human and social needs.· Swimming illustrates the overlap between sport and social need.· Staff should be given relevant information about patients and their social and medical needs.· The defence of qualified privilege has been developed in accordance with social needs.· Whatever the relationship between state and society, policies may be interpreted as responses to perceived social needs. ► special · The tax credit will be $ 6, 000 for adoptions involving children with special needs.· Not every hospital has the resources or the skilled nursing staff to see to the special needs of many of these patients.· These memories may evoke in her a special need to be protected.· The distribution of students with special needs among different types of courses is shown in Figure 11.27.· Approximately one-fifth of all school children are believed to have special educational needs of one sort or another.· It is important to bear this in mind in any study of the role of school governors in meeting special educational needs.· Provision of special educational needs was the most worrying area. ► urgent · Roughly half the children who are adopted feel an urgent need to discover their origins.· Yet at the same time he offers the black underclass, and its more urgent needs, little more than benign neglect.· In the 1960s this preoccupation gave way to an urgent need to consider domestic problems such as racial disharmony and poverty.· The thousands of visitors to the excavations have shown there is an urgent need to make the site into an archaeological park.· On the Avon, some of the weirs date back 1,000 years and are in urgent need of restoration.· A fresh start By April 1991 Pearl had recognised the urgent need for change.· The church should be able to respond to these urgent needs more effectively than any other group and provide clear leadership.· Blood began to course into the gristle to make it erect again, and he was suddenly full of urgent need. VERB► eliminate · Dedicated to non-man entry sewer repair and maintenance, the Sika-Robot cuts costs by eliminating the need to excavate pipes.· The soft new mud automatically eliminated the need for plowing and fertilization.· This eliminates the need for an operator at the machine itself to intervene continually in the production process.· This system also eliminates the need for expensive electronic amplifiers.· It eliminates the need to search the file sequentially.· That eliminated the need for a new check.· This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre.· This eliminates the need for investors having to call different fund families for prospectuses. ► emphasize · The report also emphasized the need for adequate training and supervision of personnel working in this area.· They emphasize the need for the abuser to know his feelings, identify his inner frustrations and redirect his responses.· Services have thus frequently emphasized the need for custody, punishment and control rather than for rehabilitation and reintegration.· Intransigence and personal suffering highlighted the principle at stake and emphasized the need of fighting for it.· Such statutes however constitute a complicating factor and emphasize the need for long-term solutions through international understanding.· To redress the imbalance between the photograph and the original he emphasizes the need for more original art in more public places.· He emphasizes the need for proper training for people in both new types of job.· The following chapter emphasizes the need for man to be ever in communication even through the squeeze of a hand. ► feel · It's the first time any Oxford college has felt the need to take such measures.· Some of them feel a need to defend this by writing indigestible, difficult to understand books that are incoherent.· She had hoped that after so long here nomole would ever feel the need to ask her.· Nevertheless, I feel the need to unburden myself in print.· He feels no need to conceal his personal ambition.· Why did Joe Fogarty feel the need to protect Jack Diamond?· Whether they knew George Pittendrigh or not they felt a need to be solemn, to show at least an awareness of mortality.· Because depressed adolescents often feel a greater need for acceptance, they may be more likely to smoke if their peers do. ► fill · Others can fill your needs, like finding a reliable defender.· It was vital to fill those needs so that women would begin to buy tickets and travel by airlines.· The wide acceptance of this style guide, and similar ones in other disciplines, suggests that it fills a need.· He could get his feet on the ground by filling a lefty bullpen need.· Antonia Fraser's admirable book has entirely filled that need.· One man who did this and filled a great need was James Watt.· Engineering does not start by knowing the answers but by attempting to fill the need.· Where bilingual ballots do fill a need is in the initiatives such as bond issues, charter amendments and the like. ► fulfil · Many meetings help individuals and groups to overcome their particular problems or fulfil an emotional need.· Thus, a reasonable immediate goal would be to direct our domestic oil Production towards fulfilling domestic transportation needs.· It appeared that we had fulfilled a need among people.· Only needs not yet satisfied can influence behavior; an adequately fulfilled need is not a motivator.· Avoid them for two weeks, but substitute other foods that will fulfil your nutritional needs.· It is almost as though the fear and the response fulfil a national need.· First, the structure of the building must be adequate in space and design to fulfil the needs of the department.· The first was that the Sisters were fulfilling a need. ► identify · Does it adequately outline assessment procedures which will identify the needs of the deaf child?· School-based enterprises and service learning projects allow students to identify and address community needs.· The purchaser should identify the need for an independent valuation as early as possible to avoid subsequent delay nearer completion.· The infant can feel at one with its care-taker because the caretaker identifies with the needs of the infant.· The probability of socially disadvantaged children being identified as having special needs is very much greater than in other children.· To facilitate medical care by providing a basis for identifying individuals in need of follow-up treatment. 3.· The first two chapters offer a definition of spirituality and a way of identifying spiritual need.· Work is in hand on identifying information needs and relevant publicity material is in preparation. ► meet · Money could then be ploughed into smaller projects which create jobs, meet the needs of local people and conserve the environment.· Heart failure means that the heart muscle is not pumping well enough to meet the need for oxygen-rich blood.· Consumers are thought to be waiting to see if new mobile phone services and email via television meet their needs.· Attempts to rebuild the curriculum so as more nearly to meet the socioeconomic needs of the region are beset with cultural obstacles.· The model of pragmatic mediation that I am proposing here is designed to meet that need.· She exerts tremendous levels of energy to meet his every need.· Tranquilliser Dependence Many local drug treatment centres provide services to meet the particular needs of people dependent on drugs such as tranquillisers.· Once again, they were not especially oriented to meeting strategic corporate needs. ► obviate · The settlement, which concluded four months of negotiations, obviated the need for the separate cases to be heard in court.· That violence was unacceptable obviated the need to search for a sufficient cause.· They rolled up and down perfectly and their presence obviated the need for curtains.· But such divine activity does not obviate the urgent need for witness.· He also expressed optimism that an acceptable constitutional arrangement could be agreed which would obviate the need for Quebec to seek independence.· Instead, data are provided directly and more timely to obviate this need.· I obviate the need to travel.· My language awareness course is intended to obviate the need for it by enabling any teacher to learn alongside the pupils. ► satisfy · Baboons are highly intelligent animals and learn to satisfy their biological needs in many often diverse ways.· This could satisfy the need of mixed-race people to be able to specify who they are.· Surveys ought to focus on how parents and children perceive the ways in which the school satisfies their needs.· Since the end of the cold war the efforts of Washington have been devoted to satisfying the needs of the financial sector.· It becomes too big and unwieldy and no longer possesses sufficient land to satisfy the needs of all.· But pay they do, because it satisfies some pathetic psychological need.· Qualitative information satisfies the need for trends of what is happening in markets.· When man has satisfied his physical needs, then psychologically grounded desires take over. ► serve · If, however, the schools offered the prospect of serving such obvious needs why, then, did the experiment collapse?· It was ideally located, perfectly engineered and specifically oriented to serving the needs of airplane builders and users.· Nor were they able to serve new needs in radically different ways.· Industry watchers say that record companies have cut production of an unprofitable product that no longer serves the needs of the industry.· More fundamentally, the design activity will be meaningless unless it is directed towards serving some human need.· It serves our needs in ways that the giants can not, which is spiritual rather than practical.· Some councils have tried to tackle this difficulty through a policy of permitting only those new developments that will serve local needs.· And Trowbridge will design any menu to serve your individual needs. ► stress · But while recommending such long-term plans, I must stress the need for flexibility.· And a commission run by former Defense Secretary Harold Brown stressed last year the need for a younger work force.· In view of this, the committee stressed the need to restrict the availability of highly hazardous pesticides.· The report also stressed the need for a clear mission for the district.· He also stressed the need for faster and more sophisticated vessels to combat modern smuggling by sea.· Throughout the day, party chieftains stressed the need to focus on the competition.· It has stressed the need for personal and family responsibility within a framework of the local community or neighbourhood.· We have already stressed the need for you to keep your notes and assignments in properly labelled and categorised loose-leaf folders. ► suit · Furniture should be versatile enough to suit different needs and situations which might well change over the years.· Most near-Earth asteroids follow trajectories that are much better suited to the needs of belt-bound Earthlings.· Language training to suit specific needs 2.· Sometimes the only way to end discrimination against older people is to offer positive measures to suit their special needs.· Specially tailored Plan to suit your individual needs.· These can all be customised to suit your particular needs.· A concept, rather than a uniquely defined product, it will be implemented to suit customer's individual needs.· We offer a specially designed Franchise Loan which can be tailor-made to suit your needs. ► understand · You must make him understand the need for secrecy.· Of all the servants, the only one who really understood my need to do things for myself was Koju.· NatWest understands your needs and is pleased to help.· On board there was now a widespread and unspoken understanding of the need to husband our resources.· This man understands the need to get the product on the market at the right time.· When management shared such information, employees could understand the need to change.· There are also people of a naturally equable temperament who intuitively understand the need for preparatory mourning and adjust their lives accordingly.· Many people understand the need to deregulate the private sector, but few apply the same thinking to the public sector. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in your hour of need He helped others in their hour of need. Besides, how could he abandon his father now, in his hour of need? Is there anyone, anyone at all, to whom he might go in his hour of need? Right-wing columnists are refusing to rally to Mr Major in his hour of need. ► needs must (when the devil drives)► there’s no need (for somebody) to do something There's no need to shout - I'm not deaf! There was no need for me to stay there. And there's no need for us to move to the city. But there's no need to join to get out on the water. I usually read to them a bit, but there's no need for you to. Police say there's no need for genuine fans to be any more worried now that Swindon's in the big league. Whatever the cause, there's no need for you to worry. ► be in need of something Some buildings damaged in the earthquake are still in need of repair. The project helps those who are in need of money, food, and clothing. Decaying steelwork and water leaks have weakened the tunnel structures, and many stations are in need of major refurbishment. For a market economy to work, the population must be made to believe that it is in need of continuous improvement. People are in need of some kind of durable social network that supports them through different jobs and through periods of unemployment. That leaves a spot for one old friend, but Parcells may now be in need of a double-decker. The fact that he was in need of a straight jacket was making my job that much more dangerous. They are said to be in need of all kinds of professional advice and state protection in their personal lives. They assert that the student has been incapacitated by the power differential, and must be in need of their protection. ► have no need of something Gentlemen, we have no need of discretion to protect the life of Simon Cormack any more. I thought of leaving it to you, Cynthia, but you have no need of it. More straightforwardly, however, capitalism and technology have no need of religion. On Siporax, it is claimed, the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job. The rest of us find paracetamol an effective analgesic with no important side effects and have no need of an antidote. They appear to have no need of an anemone and usually ignore any placed in the aquarium with them. You have no need of a certificate. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► answer a need Previously, most units had a clean-lined, contemporary look that did not answer needs of style-conscious traditionalists. Your answer need not be quite as full as the explanations given here. ► when/if the need arises They are ready to fight if the need arises. Alterations to your flight details sometimes occur for operational reasons and we reserve the right to make these if the need arises. As and when the need arises, sub-committees will be established to consider specific environmental issues. Families, too, are a great source of help and are roped in when the need arises. Her powers seem curiously independent of age, and she can call upon extraordinary sources of energy when the need arises. In fact, they could prop up the Conservative Government for a fifth term, if the need arises! The other side of this coin is an impressive surge capability on hand when the need arises. They remain like this motionless with the woman stemming any premature ejaculatory urges by squeeze control, if the need arises. ► burning ambition/desire/need etc Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters. Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition. But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time. His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money. I just have never had a burning desire to practice law. It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed. The second time, it was a passion, a burning desire. You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage. ► take/need a cold shower He put water on to boil and took a cold shower. I took a cold shower and changed my clothes. In the morning, when you get up, take a cold shower. Instead he took a cold shower and a huge mug of coffee, and tried to sort out his thoughts. There is one foolproof way to rid yourself of this - take a cold shower. ► compelling need/desire/urge (to do something) And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change. Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner. Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so. Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson. ► crying need for something There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention. ► feed an addiction/need etc The feed needs to be as iron-free as possible in order that the eventual meat will be the light colour preferred by consumers. ► feel the need to do something Some magazines feel the need to be controversial. Adult players, by contrast, feel the need to equip themselves with the best. Don't you feel the need to pray? Nevertheless, I feel the need to unburden myself in print. She considered tracking them, but didn't feel the need to make any particular point of it. She had hoped that after so long here nomole would ever feel the need to ask her. They feel the need to inject young and hungry talent into the bank's deliberations at the highest level. Why he felt the need to record these deaths he could not explain. ► a friend in need Posing as a friend in need it approaches the unsuspecting host and takes a bite, usually from the gills. ► need/want something like a hole in the head► need some (more) meat on your bones Matt, you need some more meat on your bones! ► meet a need/demand/requirement/condition etc Booksellers are in the vanguard and many of them simply can not get enough books to meet demand. But, on the theory, to ask if it is true is just to ask if it meets a need. Compaq are accelerating production in an attempt to meet demand. Education, training and skills development is another way in which the government attempts to meet demands for labour. Then it meets requirements for his powerful living. There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank. To meet demand, Cirrus is stepping up production. Under the present system the Central Electricity Generating Board is charged with ensuring there is enough power station capacity to meet demand. ► on a need-to-know basis Access to the manufacturing process is on a strictly need-to-know basis. ► the last thing somebody wants/expects/needs etc I like going to bed with her when going to bed with me is the last thing she wants. To be slipshod is to be hounded, which is the last thing he wants. With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford. Word family WORD FAMILYnounneedneedsthe needyadjectiveneedlessneedyverbneedadverbneedlessly 1[singular] a situation in which something is necessary, especially something that is not happening yet or is not yet availableneed for There’s a growing need for new housing in many rural areas.a need to do something We fully recognize the need to improve communications.2[singular, uncountable] a strong feeling that you want something, want to do something, or that you must have somethingneed for the need for job satisfactionfeel the need (to do something) Jack did not feel the need to boast about his success. You’re welcome to come back and talk any time, if ever you feel the need.3[countable usually plural] what someone needs to have in order to live a normal healthy comfortable life:  She works to provide for her family’s basic needs.somebody’s needs Environmentalists argue that the organization fails to address the needs of third world farmers.meet/satisfy a need (=provide something that people want or need) The charity exists to meet the needs of elderly people. Schools must satisfy the needs of their pupils. We have loans to meet your every need.4there’s no need (for somebody) to do something a)used to say that someone does not have to do something:  There’s no need for you to come if you don’t want to. There’s no need to feel sorry for him. b)spoken used to tell someone to stop doing something:  There’s no need to shout!5be in need of something a)to need help, advice, money etc, because you are in a difficult situation:  This project is in urgent need of funding. He is homeless and in desperate need of help. b)to need to be cleaned, repaired, or given attention in some way:  The church was in dire (=very great) need of repair.6have no need of something to not need something:  She believes him and has no need of further proof.7[uncountable] when you do not have enough food or money:  cases of severe need in the inner citiesin need We must care for those in need.8in your hour of need when you are in trouble and need someone to help you:  How could she abandon her father now, in his hour of need?9needs must (when the devil drives) British English used to say that you must sometimes do things that you do not like doing:  It's not the most comfortable way to travel, but needs must. → special needsCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa real/clear need (=one that really exists)· There is a real need for after-school care in our area.an urgent need (=one that must be dealt with quickly)· The most urgent need was for more teachers.a pressing/crying need (=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses.a desperate need (=an extremely urgent need)· There is a desperate need to build more housing.a growing/increasing need· She emphasized the growing need to deal with environmental problems.verbsstress/emphasize/underline the need for something (=say how important it is)· He stressed the need for better training courses.eliminate the need for something (also obviate the need for something formal) (=make something unnecessary)· The new drug treatment eliminates the need for surgery.a need exists· New teaching materials must be created if a need exists for them.phrasesthere is a need for something· Clearly there is a need for more research.there is no need for something· They felt that there was no need for a formal contract.as/if/when the need arises (=if or when something becomes necessary)· Team members move from job to job as the need arises.if need be (=if it is necessary)· I can work during my lunch break if need be.
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