NEED
\nˈiːd], \nˈiːd], \n_ˈiː_d]\
Definitions of NEED
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
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have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
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have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
By Princeton University
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a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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be obliged, required, or forced to; "She has to get her driver's license"
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anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
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have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
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have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
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be in want of
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
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Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
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Situation of need; peril; danger.
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To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
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To be wanted; to be necessary.
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Of necessity. See Needs.
By Oddity Software
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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
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Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
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Situation of need; peril; danger.
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To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
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To be wanted; to be necessary.
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Of necessity. See Needs.
By Noah Webster.
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Lack of anything desired or useful; necessity; urgent want; poverty; distress.
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To be in want of; to require.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
