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need

English

  1. 🔊 anything that is necessary but lacking
    “he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs”
  2. 🔊 a condition requiring relief
    “she satisfied his need for affection”
  3. 🔊 a state of extreme poverty or destitution
    “their indigence appalled him”
  4. 🔊 the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
    “we did not understand his motivation”
  5. 🔊 have or feel a need for
    “always needing friends and money”
  6. 🔊 have need of
    “This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”
  7. 🔊 require as useful, just, or proper
    “It takes nerve to do what she did”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 necesidad need
  2. 🔊 necesitar to need
  3. 🔊 ocupar to need
  4. 🔊 exigencia need, lack
  5. 🔊 egestad need, want, poverty
  6. 🔊 precisar to need, to require

Similar words

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