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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" |