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need |n?d|
verb [ with obj. ]
1 require (something) because it is essential or very important: I need help now | [ with present participle ] : this shirt needs washing | [ with infinitive ] : they need to win tomorrow.
• (not need something) not want to be subjected to something: I don't need your sarcasm.
2 [ as modal verb with negative or in questions ] expressing necessity or obligation: need I say more? | I need not have worried.
3 [ no obj. ] archaic be necessary: lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting.
noun
1 circumstances in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action; necessity: the basic human need for food | [ with infinitive ] : there's no need to cry.
2 (often needs) a thing that is wanted or required: his day-to-day needs.
3 the state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food: help us in our hour of need | children in need.
PHRASES
at need archaic when needed; in an emergency: men whose experience could be called upon at need.
had need archaic ought to: you had need hire men to chip it all over artistically.
have need of formal need: Alida had need of company.
if need be if necessary.
in need of requiring or needing (something): he was in desperate need of medical care.
ORIGIN Old English n?odian (verb), n?od, n?d (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger.’
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