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need

verb

  1. =  want, miss, require, lack, have to have, demand • He desperately needed money.
  2. =  require, want, demand, call for, entail, necessitate, have occasion to or for • The building needs quite a few repairs.
  3. =  have to, be obliged to • You needn't bother, I'll do it myself.

noun

  1. =  requirement, demand, essential, necessity, requisite, desideratum, must-have • the special nutritional needs of children
  2. =  longing, wish, desire, hunger, want • The need for revenge kept eating at me.
  3. =  necessity, call, demand, requirement, obligation • There's no need to call the police.
  4. =  emergency, want, necessity, urgency, exigency • In her moment of need, her mother was nowhere to be seen.
  5. =  poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation, penury, indigence, impecuniousness • the state of need in Third World countries
  6. =  lack, shortage, inadequacy, paucity, insufficiency

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'need' in Other Languages

  • British English: needPronunciation for need If you have a need for something, you cannot do what you want without it.We try to understand each other's needs.niːd NOUN
  • Arabic: حَاجَةٌPronunciation for حَاجَةٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: necessidadePronunciation for necessidade
  • Chinese: 需求Pronunciation for 需求
  • Croatian: potrebaPronunciation for potreba
  • Czech: potřebaPronunciation for potřeba
  • Danish: behovPronunciation for behov
  • Dutch: behoeftePronunciation for behoefte
  • European Spanish: necesidadPronunciation for necesidadurgencia
  • Finnish: tarvePronunciation for tarve
  • French: besoinPronunciation for besoin
  • German: BedürfnisPronunciation for Bedürfnis Bedürfnisse
  • Greek: ανάγκηPronunciation for ανάγκη
  • Italian: esigenzaPronunciation for esigenza
  • Japanese: 必要Pronunciation for 必要
  • Korean: 요구Pronunciation for 요구
  • Norwegian: behovPronunciation for behov
  • Polish: potrzebaPronunciation for potrzeba
  • Portuguese: necessidadePronunciation for necessidade
  • Romanian: nevoie nevoi
  • Russian: необходимый элементPronunciation for необходимый элемент
  • Spanish: necesidadPronunciation for necesidad
  • Swedish: behovPronunciation for behov
  • Thai: ความต้องการPronunciation for ความต้องการ
  • Turkish: ihtiyaçPronunciation for ihtiyaç
  • Ukrainian: потреба
  • Vietnamese: nhu cầuPronunciation for nhu cầu
  • British English: needPronunciation for need If you need something, you believe that you must have it or do it.I need some more money.niːd VERB
  • Arabic: يَحَتاجُ إِلَىPronunciation for يَحَتاجُ إِلَى
  • Brazilian Portuguese: precisarPronunciation for precisar
  • Chinese: 需要Pronunciation for 需要
  • Croatian: trebatiPronunciation for trebati
  • Czech: potřebovatPronunciation for potřebovat
  • Danish: behøvePronunciation for behøve
  • Dutch: nodig hebbenPronunciation for nodig hebben
  • European Spanish: necesitarPronunciation for necesitar
  • Finnish: tarvitaPronunciation for tarvita
  • French: avoir besoinPronunciation for avoir besoin
  • German: brauchenPronunciation for brauchen
  • Greek: χρειάζομαιPronunciation for χρειάζομαι
  • Italian: aver bisognoPronunciation for aver bisogno
  • Japanese: 必要とするPronunciation for 必要とする
  • Korean: 필요하다Pronunciation for 필요하다
  • Norwegian: trengePronunciation for trenge
  • Polish: potrzebowaćPronunciation for potrzebować
  • Portuguese: precisarPronunciation for precisar
  • Romanian: a avea nevoie
  • Russian: нуждатьсяPronunciation for нуждаться
  • Spanish: necesitarPronunciation for necesitar
  • Swedish: behövaPronunciation for behöva
  • Thai: ต้องการPronunciation for ต้องการ
  • Turkish: gerek duymakPronunciation for gerek duymak
  • Ukrainian: потребувати
  • Vietnamese: cầnPronunciation for cần

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