need
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English need, nede, a merger of two terms:
* Old English nīed (West Saxon), nēd (Mercian), nēad (“necessity, compulsion, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”).
* Old English nēod (“desire, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *niudi (“desire, eagerness”), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to incline, tend, move, push, nod, wave”).
Inflected forms:
form: needs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: needs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: needing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: need
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: need
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: need
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: needest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: neededst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: needs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: needeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: need
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: need
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: need
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: needing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: needed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A requirement for something; something needed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
Our needs are not being met.
I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
Being so great, I have no need to beg.
Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
gloss: A desire or craving for the satisfaction of a requirement perceived as essential or primal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Famine is in thy cheeks;
 Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.
gloss: To have an absolute requirement for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Living things need water to survive.
You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.
Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.
gloss: To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
gloss: To be obliged or required (to do something).
pos: verb
tags: modal
examples: I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.
I need never have packed my set of sunglasses - it rained all day every day.
gloss: To be required; to be necessary.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When we have done it, we have done our duty, and all that is in our power, and indeed all that needs.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
gloss: To be necessary (to someone).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me […]
Synonyms: be in need of
require
Related words: in need
Derived words: a friend in need is a friend indeed
basic needs
call-by-need
hour of need
if need be
if needs be
in dire need of
in need
manly needs
need-based
need-blind
needcessity
need-fire
needful
needfully
needfulness
needily
neediness
needless
needlessly
needlessness
needly
need more time in the oven
need-not
need one's eyes checked
needs analysis
needs-blind
needsome
needways
needwise
needworthy
needy
no need
pass-by-need
preneed
special needs
time the deed to the need
a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
baby needs new shoes
citation needed
do you need an invitation
do you need help
do you need to use the bathroom
every king needs a queen
feeling
good wine needs no bush
I need ...
I need a guide
I need to vomit
last thing one needs
like one needs a hole in the head
needable
needed
unneeded
needer
need I say more
needling
needment
need no introduction
need not
need one's bumps
need one's bumps felt
need one's head examined
need to
need-to-know
never ask the barber if you need a haircut
on a need-to-know basis
with friends like these who needs enemies
with friends like those who needs enemies
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: необходимо е
roman: neobhodimo e
lang: Dutch
word: nodig zijn
lang: Finnish
word: täytyä
lang: Finnish
word: pitää
lang: Finnish
word: olla välttämätöntä
lang: Spanish
word: tener que
lang: Spanish
word: deber