need

need  (nd)

n.

1. A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted: crops in need of water; a need for affection.

2. Something required or wanted; a requisite: "Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).

3. Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.

4. A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.

v. need·ed, need·ing, needs

v.aux.

To be under the necessity of or the obligation to: They need not come.

v.tr.

To have need of; require: The family needs money. See Synonyms at lack.

v.intr.

1. To be in need or want.

2. To be necessary.

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[Middle English nede, from Old English nod, nd, distress, necessity.]

Usage Note: Depending on the sense, the verb need behaves sometimes like an auxiliary verb (such as can or may) and sometimes like a main verb (such as want or try). When used as a main verb, need agrees with its subject, takes to before the verb following it, and combines with do in questions, negations, and certain other constructions: He needs to go. Does he need to go so soon? He doesn't need to go. When used as an auxiliary verb, need does not agree with its subject, does not take to before the verb following it, and does not combine with do: He needn't go. Need he go so soon? The auxiliary forms of need are used primarily in present-tense questions, negations, and conditional clauses. Unlike can and may, auxiliary need has no form for the past tense like could and might.

Regional Note: When need is used as the main verb, it can be followed by a present participle, as in The car needs washing, or by to be plus a past participle, as in The car needs to be washed. However, in some areas of the United States, especially western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, many speakers omit to be and use just the past participle form, as in The car needs washed. This use of need with past participles is slightly more common in the British Isles, being particularly prevalent in Scotland.

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need

Verb

1. to require or be in want of: they desperately need success

2. to be obliged: the government may need to impose a statutory levy

3. used to express necessity or obligation and does not add -s when used with singular nouns or pronouns: need he go?

Noun

1. the condition of lacking something: he has need of a new coat

2. a requirement: the need for closer economic co-operation

3. necessity: there was no need for an explanation

4. poverty or destitution: the money will go to those areas where need is greatest

5. distress: help has been given to those in need

See also needs [Old English nēad, nied]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	need - a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" demand condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" necessity - the condition of being essential or indispensable
	2.	need - anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" want essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement - anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
	3.	need - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" motivation, motive psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism life - a motive for living; "pottery was his life" rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic impulse, urge - an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong mental energy, psychic energy - an actuating force or factor
	4.	need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions mendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"
Verb	1.	need - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" necessitate, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
	2.	need - have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" want, require cry - demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for attention" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	need - have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

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need

verb 1. want, miss, require, lack, have to have, demand

verb 2. require, want, demand, call for, entail, necessitate, have occasion to or for

3. have to, be obliged to

noun 4. requirement, demand, essential, necessity, requisite, desideratum, must-have

noun 5. necessity, call, demand, requirement, obligation

noun 6. emergency, want, necessity, urgency, exigency

noun 7. poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation, penury, indigence, impecuniousness

Translations

need [niːd] n (= lack) → escasez f; falta (= necessity); necesidad f

vt (= require) → necesitar;

in case of need → en caso de necesidad;

there's no need for ... → no hace(n) falta ...;

to be in need of, have need of → necesitar;

10 will meet my immediate needs → 10 satisfacerán mis necesidades más apremiantes;

the needs of industry → las necesidades de la industria;

I need it → lo necesito;

a signature is needed → se requiere una firma;

I need to do it → tengo que hacerlo;

you don't need to go → no hace falta que vayas

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need [niːd] n → besoin m

vt → avoir besoin de;

to need to do → devoir faire; avoir besoin de faire;

you don't need to go → vous n'avez pas besoin or vous n'êtes pas obligé de partir;

a signature is needed → il faut une signature;

to be in need of or have need of → avoir besoin de;

£10 will meet my immediate needs → 10 livres suffiront pour mes besoins immédiats;

in case of need → en cas de besoin, au besoin;

there's no need to do .... → il n'y a pas lieu de faire ..., il n'est pas nécessaire de faire ...;

there's no need for that → ce n'est pas la peine, cela n'est pas nécessaire

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need [niːd] n → Bedarf m (= necessity); Notwendigkeit f (= requirement); Bedürfnis nt (= poverty); Not f

vt → brauchen (= could do with); nötig haben;

in need → bedürftig;

to be in need of sth → etw nötig haben;

£10 will meet my immediate needs → mit £ 10 komme ich erst einmal aus;

(there's) no need → (das ist) nicht nötig;

there's no need to get so worked up about it → du brauchst dich darüber nicht so aufzuregen;

he had no need to work → er hatte es nicht nötig zu arbeiten;

I need to do it → ich muss es tun;

you don't need to go, you needn't go → du brauchst nicht zu gehen;

a signature is needed → das bedarf einer Unterschrift gen

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need [niːd] n → bisogno

vt → aver bisogno di;

I need to do it → lo devo fare, bisogna che io lo faccia;

you don't need to go → non deve andare, non c'è bisogno che lei vada;

a signature is needed → occorre or ci vuole una firma;

to be in need of, have need of → aver bisogno di;

£10 will meet my immediate needs → 10 sterline mi basteranno per le necessità più urgenti;

in case of need → in caso di bisogno or necessità;

there's no need for ... → non c'è bisogno or non occorre che ...;

there's no need to do ... → non occorre fare ...;

the needs of industry → le esigenze dell'industria

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need

v need [niːd]

1 to require This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help? nodig يَحْتاج трябва (ми) potřebovat behøve; mangle benötigen χρειάζομαι, έχω ανάγκη necesitar vajama لازم داشتن tarvita avoir besoin de צָרִיך, זָקוּק जरूरत होना trebati szüksége van (vkire, vmire) memerlukan þarfnast avere bisogno di ～の必要がある ...을 필요로 하다, ...할 필요가 있다 būti reikalingam, (kam) reikėti vajadzēt; just vajadzību perlu nodig hebben trenge, behøve, ha bruk for wymagać, potrzebować precisar a avea nevoie de нуждаться potrebovať potrebovati biti potreban behöva จำเป็น gerektirmek, ihtiyacı olmak 需要 потребувати ضرورت ہونا cần 需要

2 to be obliged You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present. moet, hoef يَجِب، عَلَيْك، بِحاجَه има/няма нужда muset skulle; behøve müssen χρειάζεται να, πρέπει να hacer falta pidama نیاز داشتن täytyä avoir besoin de, falloir מוּכרָח जरूरत, आवश्यकता morati kell harus verða, þurfa dovere, avere bisogno di ～しなければならない ...하지 않으면 안 되다 privalėti, turėti būt nepieciešamam, būt nepieciešamībai keperluan hoeven måtte, trenge, behøve musieć precisar a trebui, a fi cazul быть вынужденным, должным musieť morati morati vara tvungen, behöva จำเป็น zorunda olmak, gerekmek 必需 бути зобов'язаним مطلوب ہونا buộc phải 必需

n

1 something essential, that one must have Food is one of our basic needs. behoefte حاجَه потребности potřeba behov dringende Notwendigkeit ανάγκη, αναγκαιότητα necesidad vajadus نیاز tarve besoin צוֹרֵך जरूरत nužda,potreba szükség(let) kebutuhan þörf bisogno 必要 필수물, 필요한 것 reikmė, poreikis vajadzība[] keperluan behoefte behov potrzeba necessidade nevoie потребность potreba potreba potreba behov ความต้องการ ihtiyaç, gereksinme 需要 потреба ضرورت nhu cầu 需要

2 poverty or other difficulty Many people are in great need. behoeftig حاجَه، فَقْر нищета nouze nød die Not ένδεια, δύσκολη θέση necesidad puudus احتیاج ahdinko besoin מְצוּקָה कर्त्तव्य siromaštvo,oskudica nehéz helyzet kemiskinan neyð, örbirgð bisogno 貧困 궁핍, 궁지 skurdas, nelaimė trūkums; nabadzība keperluan gebrek nød bieda necessidade nevoie нужда núdza pomanjkanje poteškoća nöd ความต้องการ yoksulluk, muhtaçlık 貧窮，困難 нестаток, нужда محتاجي tình cảnh túng thiếu 贫穷，困难

3 a reason There is no need for panic. rede سَبَب، حاجَه причина důvod grund der Grund λόγος (για τον οποίο γίνεται κτ.) motivo, razón vajadus لازم بودن aihe besoin סִיבָּה तंगहाली nema potrebe ok alasan nauðsyn, ástæða bisogno, motivo 理由 priežastis, reikalas iemesls sebab reden grunn powód necessidade motiv надобность; основание dôvod potreba razlog anledning ความต้องการ neden, sebep 必要 потреба وجہ cần thiết 必要

adjectiv / adv needless

unnecessary You are doing a lot of needless work; Needless to say, he couldn't do it. onnodig, nodeloos غَيْر ضَروري излишен zbytečný unødvendig(t) unnötig άσκοπος, περιττός innecesario tarbetu بی نیاز tarpeeton inutile מְיוּתָר निष्प्रयोजन nepotreban,suvišan szükségtelen tidak perlu ónauðsynlegur, óþarfur inutile 必要のない 불필요한; 쓸데없이 nereikalinga(s) lieks; nevajadzīgs tidak perlu overbodig unødig, unødvendig; selvfølgelig zbędny desnecessário inutil ненужный; излишне zbytočný odveč nepotreban onödig, överflödig ไม่จำเป็น gereksiz, lüzumsuz 不必要的 непотрібний; зайвий بے ضرورت không cần 不必要的

adv needlessly

onnodig بِدون ضَرورَه безполезно zbytečně unødvendigt unnötig χωρίς λόγο inútilmente tarbetult بطور غیر ضروری aiheetta inutilement לְלא צוֹרֶך अनिवार्य रूप से bez potrebe,suvišno fölöslegesen secara tidak perlu óþarflega inutilmente 不必要に 쓸데없이 be reikalo lieki; nevajadzīgi tanpa perlu overbodig unødig; selvfølgelig zbędnie desnecessariamente inutil бесполезно zbytočne odveč nepotrebno onödigt อย่างไม่จำเป็น gereksiz olarak 不必要地，無用地 непотрібно غير ضروري طور پر một cách vô ích 不必要地，无用地

adj needy

poor You must help needy people. behoeftig, arm مُحْتاج، فَقير، مَعْوِز бедстващ chudý trængende bedürftig φτωχός necesitado puudustkannatav نیازمند hädänalainen nécessiteux נִצרַך निर्धन siromašan szegény miskin þurfandi; nauðstaddur bisognoso 貧困な 빈곤한 skurstantis, vargstantis trūcīgs memerlukan hulpbehoevend trengende, nødlidende ubogi necessitado sărac нуждающийся biedny reven siromašan behövande, nödlidande ขัดสน yoksul, fakir, muhtaç 貧窮的 нужденний; бідний ضرورت مند nghèo túng 贫穷的

a need for

a lack of; a requirement for There is an urgent need for teachers in this city. behoefte نَقْص، حاجَه нужда от potřeba behov for ein dringender Bedarf an έλλειψη, ανάγκη falta de puudus (millestki) لازم بودن puute besoin de צוֹרֶך בְ अकिचन, जरूरतमंद potreba szükség van (vmire) kekurangan þörf á, skortur á bisogno di 不足 ...의 부족[] reikalingumas, stygius vajadzība keperluan behoefte aan et behov for brak precisão ne­voie de нехватка; потребность potreba potreba po potražnja ett behov av ต้องการเพื่อ ihtiyaç, gereksinim 缺少... нужда, потреба کي ضرورت sự cần thiết 缺少...

in need of

requiring; having a lack of We're in need of more money; You're badly in need of a haircut. benodig بِحاجَه إلى нуждая се mít potřebu trænge til etwas dringend brauchen μου χρειάζεται necesitar puuduses, vajaduses ضرورت tarpeessa besoin de זָקוּק ל-, צָרִיך की आवश्यकता होना trebati rászorul memerlukan vanta, þarfnast necessità di, (avere bisogno di) ～を必要として 필요로 하는; ...이 모자라는 (kam) reikėti izjust vajadzību/nepieciešamību perlukan nodig hebbend trenge, ha behov for w potrzebie, odczuwający brak a precisar de nevoie de нуждаться potrebovať potreben biti potreban i behov av ต้องการ ihtiyacında olmak 需要... такий, що потребує کا احتياج ہونا đang cần 需要...