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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024need /nid/USA pronunciation n., v., auxiliary v., pres. sing. 3rd pers. need.
n. - a necessary duty or obligation:[countable]There is no need to go there.
- a lack of something wanted or necessary:[countable]the needs of the poor.
- urgent want:[uncountable]They have need of your charity.
- a situation or time of difficulty:[uncountable]to help a friend in need.
- great or extreme poverty:[uncountable]The family's need is acute.
v. [not: be + ~-ing] - to have need of;
require: [~ + object]Fish need water.[~ + verb-ing]The lawn needed mowing.[~ + to + verb]You need to mow the lawn.[~ + object + to + verb]Do you need me to help with the dishes?
auxiliary v. [~ + root form of a verb] - (used to express an obligation or necessity of the action of the main verb):[with a negative word or phrase, or in a question]Need I say more? (= Should I say more?). You needn't drive so fast.
Idioms- Idioms if need be, should the necessity come about:We'll simply buy more if need be.
need is a verb and a noun, needy is an adjective:I need a few good soldiers to volunteer. His needs are simple: food, clothing, and shelter. The organization helps needy people. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024need (nēd),USA pronunciation n. - a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:There is no need for you to go there.
- a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary:to fulfill the needs of the assignment.
- urgent want, as of something requisite:He has no need of your charity.
- necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case:There is no need to worry.
- a situation or time of difficulty;
exigency:to help a friend in need; to be a friend in need. - a condition marked by the lack of something requisite:the need for leadership.
- destitution;
extreme poverty:The family's need is acute. - Idioms if need be, should the necessity arise:If need be, I can type the letters myself.
v.t. - to have need of;
require:to need money.
v.i. - to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and fol. by infinitive, in certain cases without to;
in the 3d pers. sing. the form is need, not needs):He need not go. - to be in need or want.
- to be necessary:There needs no apology.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English nede, Old English nēd (WSaxon nīed), cognate with German Not, Old Norse nauth, Gothic nauths; (verb, verbal) Middle English neden, Old English nēodian, derivative of the noun, nominal
- 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See lack.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged requirement.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Need, necessity imply a want, a lack, or a demand, which must be filled. Need, a word of Old English origin, has connotations that make it strong in emotional appeal:the need to be appreciated.Necessity, a word of Latin origin, is more formal and impersonal or objective; though much stronger than need in expressing urgency or imperative demand, it is less effective in appealing to the emotions:Water is a necessity for living things.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged emergency.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged neediness, indigence, penury, privation. See poverty.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged want, lack.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wealth.
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