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| 1. | [ verb ] require as useful, just, or proper | |
| Synonyms: | require demand take call_for necessitate involve ask postulate | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | obviate imply cost claim cry_out_for govern draw claim requirement necessity necessity | |
| 2. | [ verb ] have need of | |
| Synonyms: | want require | |
| Examples: | : "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" |
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| Related terms: | be cry lack necessity | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a condition requiring relief | |
| Synonyms: | demand | |
| Examples: | "she satisfied his need for affection" "God has no need of men to accomplish His work" "there is a demand for jobs" |
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| Related terms: | condition lack necessity necessitate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] anything that is necessary but lacking | |
| Synonyms: | want | |
| Examples: | "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs" "I tried to supply his wants" |
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| Related terms: | necessity want | |
| 5. | [ verb ] have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | |
| Synonyms: | hold have must have_got | |
| Examples: | "She has $1,000 in the bank" "He has got two beautiful daughters" "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
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| Related terms: | bear keep sustain keep wield monopolize stock keep keep carry have property rich_person | |
| 6. | [ verb ] be in want of | |
| Related terms: | desire | |
| 7. | [ noun ] 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 | |
| Synonyms: | motive motivation | |
| Examples: | "we did not understand his motivation" "he acted with the best of motives" |
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| Related terms: | psychological_feature urge ethical_motive life irrational_motive rational_motive psychic_energy motivate | |
| 8. | [ verb ] be logically necessary | |
| Synonyms: | ought must should | |
| 9. | [ verb ] have or feel a need for | |
| Examples: | : "always needing friends and money" |
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| 10. | [ noun ] a state of extreme poverty or destitution | |
| Synonyms: | penury pauperism beggary pauperization indigence | |
| Examples: | "their indigence appalled him" "a general state of need exists among the homeless" |
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| Related terms: | poverty beggar | |
| Similar spelling: |
needy Ned Nedd Neda Neida Nedeau net Nettie newt Nett Neto Neth Neta neat |
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