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need

(n/i/d )

a condition requiring relief(noun.state)

Example:
She satisfied his need for affection.
God has no need of men to accomplish His work.

Synonym:
demand

source: wordnet30
anything that is necessary but lacking(noun.object)

Example:
He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs.

Synonym:
want

source: wordnet30
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(noun.tops)

Synonym:
motivation, motive

source: wordnet30
a state of extreme poverty or destitution(noun.state)

Example:
A general state of need exists among the homeless.

Synonym:
indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury

source: wordnet30
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.(noun)

source: webster1913

require as useful, just, or proper(verb.stative)

Synonym:
ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take
Antonym:
eliminate, obviate, rid of

source: wordnet30
have need of(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
require, want

source: wordnet30
have or feel a need for(verb.consumption)

Example:
Always needing friends and money.

source: wordnet30
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be wanted; to be necessary.(verb)

source: webster1913

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