Definitions for need
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.6 / 31 votes

1. need, demandnoun

   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"

2. need, wantnoun

   anything that is necessary but lacking

   "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

3. motivation, motive, neednoun

   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"

4. indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationverb

   a state of extreme poverty or destitution

   "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

5. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb

   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"

6. want, need, requireverb

   have need of

   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

7. needverb

   have or feel a need for

   "always needing friends and money"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NEEDnoun

   Etymology: neod , Saxon; nood, Dutch.

   1. Exigency; pressing difficulty; necessity.

   The very stream of his life, and the business he hath helmed, must, upon a warranted need, give him a better proclamation. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

   That spirit that first rush’d on thee,
   In the camp of Dan,
   Be efficacious in thee now at need. John Milton, Agonistes.

   In thy native innocence proceed,
   And summon all thy reason at thy need. Dryden.

   2. Want; distressful poverty.

   Famine is in thy cheeks;
   Need and oppression stare within thine eyes,
   Contempt and beggary hang upon thy back. William Shakespeare.

   Defer not to give to him that is in need. Ecclus. iv. 3.

   The distant heard, by fame, her pious deeds;
   And laid her up for their extreamest needs;
   A future cordial for a fainting mind. Dryden.

   God sometimes calls upon thee to relieve the needs of thy brother, sometimes the necessities of thy country, and sometimes the urgent wants of thy prince. Robert South, Sermons.

   3. Want; lack of any thing for use.

   God grant we never may have need of you. William Shakespeare.

   God who sees all things intuitively, neither stands in need of logic, nor uses it. Thomas Baker.

2. To Needverb

   To want; to lack; to be in want of; to require.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Basest beggars
   Are in the poorest thing superfluous;
   Allow not nature more than nature needs.
   Man’s life is cheap as beasts. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   The whole need not a physician, but the sick. Matt ix. 12.

   Thou thy regal sceptre shalt lay by,
   For regal sceptre then no more shall need. John Milton, P. Lost.

   To ask whether the will has freedom? is to ask, whether one power has another? A question too absurd to need an answer. John Locke.

3. To Needverb

   1. To be wanted; to be necessary.

   More ample spirit than hitherto was wont,
   Here needs me rie whiles the famous ancestors
   Of my most dreadful sovereign I recount. Edmund Spenser.

   When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. John Locke.

   2. To have necessity of any thing; to be in want of any thing.

   We have instances of perception whilst we are asleep: but how incoherent and how little conformable to the perfection of a rational being, those who are acquainted with dreams need not be told. John Locke.

   He that would discourse of things, as they agreed in the complex idea of extension and solidity, needed but use the word body. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. need

   The Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED) is a proposed solution to the problem of rising ocean levels in Northern Europe. It would be a megaproject, involving the construction of two massive dams in the English Channel and the North Sea; the former between France and England, and the latter between Scotland and Norway. The concept was conceived by the oceanographers Sjoerd Groeskamp and Joakim Kjellsson.As of 2020, the scheme is largely a thought experiment intended to demonstrate the extreme cost of engineered solutions to the effects of climate change. The scheme's authors describe it as "more of a warning than a solution".Groeskamp estimates that the NEED will cost 250 to 500 billion euros and will take 50 to 100 years to complete.

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1. need

   A need is a state of deficiency or lack of something essential or necessary for the well-being, survival, or fulfillment of individuals or groups. It refers to a fundamental requirement that must be met to satisfy physical, psychological, social, or emotional needs. Needs are universal and can vary in terms of urgency, intensity, and importance. Their fulfillment is essential for achieving a desired level of satisfaction, functioning, or overall well-being.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Neednoun

   a state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want

2. Neednoun

   want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution

3. Neednoun

   that which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business

4. Neednoun

   situation of need; peril; danger

5. Neednoun

   to be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief

6. Needverb

   to be wanted; to be necessary

7. Needadverb

   of necessity. See Needs

8. Etymology: [See Need, n. Cf. AS. ndan to force, Goth. naujan.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Need

   A need is something that is necessary for organisms to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants because a deficiency would cause a clear negative outcome, such as dysfunction or death. Needs can be objective and physical, such as food, or they can be subjective and psychological, such as the need for self-esteem. On a social level, needs are sometimes controversial. Understanding needs and wants is an issue in the fields of politics, social science, and philosophy.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Need

   nēd, n. want of something which one cannot do without: necessity: a state that requires relief: want of the means of living.—v.t. to have occasion for: to want.—ns. Need′-be, a necessity; Need′er; Need′fire, fire produced by friction, to which a certain virtue is superstitiously attached: a beacon generally.—adj. Need′ful, full of need: having need: needy: necessary: requisite.—adv. Need′fully.—n. Need′fulness.—adv. Need′ily.—n. Need′iness.—adj. Need′less (Shak.), having no need: not needed: unnecessary.—adv. Need′lessly.—n. Need′lessness.—adv. Need′ly (Shak.), necessarily.—n. Need′ment, something needed.—adv. Needs, of necessity: indispensably—often used with must, as 'needs must.'—adj. Need′y, very poor: requisite.—n. Need′yhood.—The needful (slang), ready money. [A.S. néd, niéd, nýd; Dut. nood, Ger. noth.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. neednoun

   A priority that's literally born masculine and edited by an editor of definite education. 1.) Require something because it is essential or very important. 2.) Expressing necessity or obligation. A thing that is wanted or required. 3.) Circumstances in which something is necessary or that require some course of action; necessity.

   Our Lord God made every woman to need a man, and every man to need a woman.

   Etymology: A purpose

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 2, 2024  

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1. NEED

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Need is ranked #69579 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Need surname appeared 282 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Need.
   
   90.7% or 256 total occurrences were White.
   6% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Condition
   • Necessity

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'need' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #284

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'need' in Written Corpus Frequency: #165

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'need' in Nouns Frequency: #97

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'need' in Verbs Frequency: #31

Anagrams for need »

1. eden

2. dene

How to pronounce need?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say need in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of need in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of need in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of need in a Sentence

1. Bryson DeChambeau:

   I’m young enough, I’d rather give it (the vaccine) to people who need it i don’t need it. I’m a healthy, young individual that will continue to work on my health.

2. Nic Cheeseman:

   As soon as a government decides we are in a crisis and need unity, they can cut the ground under journalists whose job it is to get to the truth because they risk becoming the traitor who is driving the disunity.

3. Tolbert Nyenswah:

   There is no need for panic. There is no need for fear. We have it under control.

4. Robert West:

   If you've got a big problem( people think) you need a big solution, face touching [ appears to be ] such a trivial thing. It's almost silly, and it just doesn't feel right that stopping face touching could make much of a difference.

5. John Thune:

   It should be an all-hands-on-the-deck effort to give them everything they need to fight their own battles. There are things I think they haven't received yet that they could that would help, lethal aid that would help them at least try and further fight and block the Russians from gaining access to a lot of their major cities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=need
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=need
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/need
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=need
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=need
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html