Associations to the word «Need»

NEED, noun. (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something.

NEED, noun. Something required.

NEED, noun. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

NEED, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To be necessary (to someone).

NEED, verb. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

NEED, verb. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

NEED, verb. (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

NEED, verb. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

NEED NOT, verb. (chiefly UK) Don't have to.

NEED YESTERDAY, verb. (idiomatic) To need something immediately or urgently; to need something that is already late.

NEED, noun. 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".

NEED, noun. Anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants".

NEED, noun. 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".

NEED, noun. A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless".

NEED, verb. 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".

NEED, verb. Have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner".

NEED, verb. Have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money".