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NOUN | 1 | need, demand | A condition requiring relief |
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2 | need, want | Anything that is necessary but lacking | |
3 | need, motivation, motive | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal | |
4 | need, indigence, penury, beggary, pauperism, pauperization | A state of extreme poverty or destitution | |
VERB | 1 | need, necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand | Require as useful, just, or proper |
2 | need, want, require | Have need of | |
3 | need | Have or feel a need for |
Sounds | niy'd |
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Rhymes | accede, accompanied, agreed, and 108 more rhymes in iyd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A condition requiring relief. |
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Examples | "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work" |
Synonyms | demand |
Narrower | lack, deficiency, want; necessity |
Broader | condition, status |
Verbs | need |
Meaning | Anything that is necessary but lacking. |
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Examples | "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs" |
Synonyms | want |
Broader | necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary |
Verbs | need |
Meaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | motivation, motive |
Narrower | life; rational motive; irrational motive; urge, impulse; ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality; psychic energy, mental energy |
Broader | psychological feature |
Meaning | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. |
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Examples | "a general state of need exists among the homeless" |
Synonyms | indigence, penury, beggary, pauperism, pauperization |
Broader | poverty, poorness, impoverishment |
Meaning | Require as useful, just, or proper. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Model | They need him to write the letter |
Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand |
Narrower | claim, take, exact; govern; draw; cost; cry out for, cry for; imply, involve |
Contrary | obviate, rid of, eliminate |
Similar to | claim, take, exact |
Nouns | need |
Meaning | Have need of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They need more bread; They need him to write the letter; They need to move |
Synonyms | want, require |
Narrower | cry |
Broader | be |
Nouns | need |
Meaning | Have or feel a need for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "always needing friends and money" |