Word Frequency
need (niːd
)
Definitions
verb
- tr to be in want of ⇒
to need money
- tr to require or be required of necessity (to be or do something); be obliged ⇒
to need to do more work
- takes an infinitive without to used as an auxiliary in negative and interrogative sentences to express necessity
or obligation, and does not add -s when used with he, she, it, and singular nouns ⇒
need he go?
- intr (archaic) to be essential or necessary to ⇒
there needs no reason for this
noun
- the fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something ⇒
he has need of a new coat
- a requirement ⇒
the need for vengeance
- necessity or obligation resulting from some situation ⇒
no need to be frightened
- distress or extremity ⇒
a friend in need
- extreme poverty or destitution; penury
See also
needsWord Origin
Old English nēad, nied; related to Old Frisian nēd, Old Saxon nōd, Old High German nōtSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = have to, be obliged to
= poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation, penury, indigence, impecuniousness
Quotations including 'need'
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"
Translations for 'need'
- British English: 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: حَاجَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: necessidade
- Chinese: 需求
- Croatian: potreba
- Czech: potřeba
- Danish: behov
- Dutch: behoefte
- European Spanish: necesidadurgencia
- Finnish: tarve
- French: besoin
- German: Bedürfnis Bedürfnisse
- Greek: ανάγκη
- Italian: esigenza
- Japanese: 必要
- Korean: 요구
- Norwegian: behov
- Polish: potrzeba
- Portuguese: necessidade
- Romanian: nevoie nevoi
- Russian: необходимый элемент
- Spanish: necesidad
- Swedish: behov
- Thai: ความต้องการ
- Turkish: ihtiyaç
- Ukrainian: потреба
- Vietnamese: nhu cầu
- British English: need If you need something, you believe that you must have it or do it.I need some more money.niːd VERB
- Arabic: يَحَتاجُ إِلَى
- Brazilian Portuguese: precisar
- Chinese: 需要
- Croatian: trebati
- Czech: potřebovat
- Danish: behøve
- Dutch: nodig hebben
- European Spanish: necesitar
- Finnish: tarvita
- French: avoir besoin
- German: brauchen
- Greek: χρειάζομαι
- Italian: aver bisogno
- Japanese: 必要とする
- Korean: 필요하다
- Norwegian: trenge
- Polish: potrzebować
- Portuguese: precisar
- Romanian: a avea nevoie
- Russian: нуждаться
- Spanish: necesitar
- Swedish: behöva
- Thai: ต้องการ
- Turkish: gerek duymak
- Ukrainian: потребувати
- Vietnamese: cần
Example Sentences Including 'need'
'I've never fired a gun in my life -'You won't need to practise.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
All we need is the weather to comply, which looks like it might just come off.Country Life (2004)
However, with the increasing trend to spring calving in suckler herds many farmers need bulls.Glasgow Herald (2001)
It means we can provide better equipped care for those children who need it.Glasgow Herald (2001)
No you don't understand, I replied, I need to see you, it's urgent.THE EXECUTION (2002)
The Northern Secretary, Dr Reid, has said he doesn't see the need for a referendum.Irish Times (2002)
The perception of the tourist board itself is also in dire need of enhancement.Irish Times (2002)
They didn't understand the need to `cultivate themselves more generally in the media '.THE EXECUTION (2002)
What we need is a peek at the skull, especially the bony cavity or fossa wherein lies the pituitary gland.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
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