need

Meaning

Synonyms

require

destitution

be needy

live in misery

be in need

be in need of

be necessary

suffer want

live in poverty

run out of

beg for

be good

be short

in need of

want to

wish for

to depend on

should be

be compelled

be a necessity

cannot do without

be in need/want

have a need of

felt need

be imperatively necessary

be needful

have need of

have occasion for

have urgent business

be about to

be obliged

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/niːd/
Etymology

From Middle English need, nede, a merger of two terms: * Old English nīed (West Saxon), nēd (Mercian), nēad (“necessity, compulsion, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”). * Old English nēod (“desire, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *neud, from Proto-Germanic *neudaz (“wish, urge, desire, longing”), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to incline, tend, move, push, nod, wave”).

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