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    What Bones needed was a job. He didn’t need any of the rest of this.

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noun

a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.

a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary: to fulfill the needs of the assignment.

urgent want, as of something requisite: He has no need of your charity.

necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case: There is no need to worry.

a situation or time of difficulty; exigency: to help a friend in need;to be a friend in need.

a condition marked by the lack of something requisite: the need for leadership.

destitution; extreme poverty: The family’s need is acute.

verb (used with object)

to have need of; require: to need money.

verb (used without object)

to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and followed by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d person singular the form is need, not needs): He need not go.

to be in need or want.

to be necessary: There needs no apology.

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Idioms about need

    if need be, should the necessity arise: If need be, I can type the letters myself.

Origin of need

before 900; (noun) Middle English nede,Old English nēd (WSaxon nīed), cognate with German Not,Old Norse nauth,Gothic nauths; (v.) Middle English neden,Old English nēodian, derivative of the noun

synonym study for need

4. Need, necessity imply a want, a lack, or a demand, which must be filled. Need, a word of Old English origin, has connotations that make it strong in emotional appeal: the need to be appreciated. Necessity, a word of Latin origin, is more formal and impersonal or objective; though much stronger than need in expressing urgency or imperative demand, it is less effective in appealing to the emotions: Water is a necessity for living things.

OTHER WORDS FROM need

needer, nounun·need·ed, adjectivewell-needed, adjective

Words nearby need

neddy, Nederland, Neder Rijn, nedette, née, need, needed, needfire, needful, Needham, neediness

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

WHEN TO USE

What are other ways to say need?

To need something is to have need of it. How does need compare to synonyms want, lack, and require? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

Words related to need

commitment, demand, obligation, right, urgency, use, wish, lack, shortage, want, necessity, call for, desire, require, charge, committal, compulsion, desideratum, devoir, duty

How to use need in a sentence

  • Vosloo led the drafting of a new set of guidelines from Unicef designed to help governments and companies develop AI policies that consider children’s needs.

  • That raises the question of a marketer’s need for NBCU’s measurement program if it already has one in place.

  • The project will be the first in the county to recycle wastewater, providing more than 32 percent of the city’s needs, according to a Wednesday press release.

  • It seemed like there was no need for the justification because of the decree.

  • The ability to develop digital capabilities quickly will continue to be critical for meeting customer needs and ensuring survival for your organization.

  • Citizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science.

  • We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.

  • To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

  • Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn’t need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.

  • The need for an Ebola vaccine in West Africa has never been greater.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • You need but will, and it is done; but if you relax your efforts, you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.

  • Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.

  • I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.

  • She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.

British Dictionary definitions for need


verb

(tr) to be in want ofto need money

(tr) to require or be required of necessity (to be or do something); be obligedto need to do more work

(takes an infinitive without to) used as an auxiliary in negative and interrogative sentences to express necessity or obligation, and does not add -s when used with he, she, it, and singular nounsneed he go?

(intr) archaic to be essential or necessary tothere needs no reason for this

noun

the fact or an instance of feeling the lack of somethinghe has need of a new coat

a requirementthe need for vengeance

necessity or obligation resulting from some situationno need to be frightened

distress or extremitya friend in need

extreme poverty or destitution; penury

Word Origin for need

Old English nēad, nied; related to Old Frisian nēd, Old Saxon nōd, Old High German nōt

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with need


In addition to the idiom beginning with need

  • needle in a haystack
  • needless to say
  • need like a hole in the head

also see:

  • cry for (crying need for).

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

strong word — перевод на русский

House — is to strong word.

Дом — это сильно сказано.

— «Invite» is a strong word.

— «Позвал» — сильно сказано.

Steal is a strong word, sir.

Украл — это сильно сказано, сэр.

I was just saying to Gareth and Pauline, when we first spoke — I don’t know if you sensed it, and it may be too strong a word — but a certain simpatica.

Как я и рассказывал Гарету и Полине, когда мы впервые говорили по телефону — не знаю, почувствовала ли ты, и, может, это сильно сказано, но проскочила какая-то искра.

— » Lying » is an awfully strong word.

— «Лжёт» — слишком сильно сказано.

Показать ещё примеры для «сильно сказано»…

You know, » hate» is a pretty strong word, Pacey.

Ты знаешь » ненависть» достаточно сильное слово, Пейси.

Peace is a strong word for what is connecting us now.

Согласие — это сильное слово для того, что здесь связывает нас.

«Scam.» That’s a strong word.

«Афёра» это сильное слово.

— Uh, hate’s a very strong word. — Yeah.

— Хм, «ненависть» — очень сильное слово…

Miracle’s a strong word, Mac.

Чудо — это сильное слово, Мак.

Показать ещё примеры для «сильное слово»…

Well, «help» is a strong word.

Ну, «помогает» — громко сказано.

Well, «need» is… Is a strong word.

Ну, «нужно» это… громко сказано.

«Fix» may be too strong a word.

«Ремонт» — это слишком громко сказано.

Well, «sure» is a strong word, but the pattern is pretty hard to deny.

Ну, «уверен» — это громко сказано, но сложно отрицать закономерность.

Uh… That’s a strong word.

Ну… это громко сказано.

Показать ещё примеры для «громко сказано»…

«Total» is a strong word.

«Полное» — это слишком сильное слово.

I don’t know how strong the word rejected is.

Может, «отвергли» — слишком сильное слово, но, скорее всего, именно так с ним и обошлись.

No, cheating is a strong word, pal.

Нет, приятель, измена — это слишком сильное слово.

That’s a strong word to be throwing around given where we’re standing.

Это слишком сильное слово, чтобы им бросались на ветер тоесть где мы стоим.

Enjoy is a strong word, but it was amazing to see Jackson so happy.

Удовольствие слишком сильное слово, но было замечательно увидеть Джексона таким счастливым.

Показать ещё примеры для «слишком сильное слово»…

Pretty strong words, Mr. Bostwick.

Довольно смело сказано, мистер Боствик.

Well, hate is a very strong word.

Ну, «ненавидел» это громко сказано.

Honey, obsessed is a very strong word.

«»Помешались»» громко сказано.

Okay, maybe «Celebrate’s» too strong a word.

ну «отпразднуем» громко сказано.

Those are strong words.

Сильно сказано.

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