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English noun: need | |||
| 1. | need (state) a condition requiring relief | ||
| Samples | She satisfied his need for affection. God has no need of men to accomplish His work. There is a demand for jobs. | ||
| Synonyms | demand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deficiency, lack, necessity, want | ||
| 2. | need (object) anything that is necessary but lacking | ||
| Samples | He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs. I tried to supply his wants. | ||
| Synonyms | want | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite | ||
| 3. | need 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 | ||
| Samples | We did not understand his motivation. He acted with the best of motives. | ||
| Synonyms | motivation, motive | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | psychological feature | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ethical motive, ethics, impulse, irrational motive, life, mental energy, morality, morals, psychic energy, rational motive, urge | ||
| 4. | need (state) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | ||
| Samples | Their indigence appalled him. A general state of need exists among the homeless. | ||
| Synonyms | indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impoverishment, poorness, poverty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity | ||
English verb: need | |||
| 1. | need (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
| Samples | 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. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent. | ||
| Examples | They need him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
| Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
| Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
| 2. | need (consumption) have need of | ||
| Samples | This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner. | ||
| Examples | They need more bread, They need him to write the letter, They need to move | ||
| Synonyms | require, want | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cry | ||
| 3. | need (consumption) have or feel a need for | ||
| Samples | Always needing friends and money. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
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