Definition of need

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need - 8 definitions

- noun
1. need -- a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
synonyms: demand
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. need -- anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
synonyms: want
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. motivation -- 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; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
synonyms: motivation, motive
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. indigence -- a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
synonyms: indigence, penury, pauperism, pauperization
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
5. necessitate -- require as useful, just, or proper; "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"
synonyms: necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand
antonyms: obviate -- do away with
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. want -- have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
synonyms: want, require
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. need -- have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. need, needs -- to have an urgent or essential use for
synonyms: needs, needed, needing, unneeded
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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obviate -- do away with

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