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    [Noun]  | "need" | \ ˈnēd \


    1: necessary duty : obligation

    2: a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful

    3: a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English ned, from Old English nīed, nēd; akin to Old High German nōt distress, need, Old Prussian nautin need;

    [Noun]  | "a crying need" 


    1: a very obvious need : a serious and important need

    [Verb]  | "need" 


    1: to be needful or necessary

    2: to be in want

    3: to be in need of : require

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     See: ;

    [Idiom]  | "a friend in need is a friend indeed" 


    1: —used to say that a friend who will help someone when help is needed is a true friend

    [Idiom]  | "as the need arises" 


    1: when it is necessary to do so

    [Idiom]  | "feel the need" 


    1: to have a strong feeling that one must have or do something

    [Idiom]  | "if need be" 


    1: if something becomes necessary

    [Idiom]  | "in need" 


    1: in a condition of needing something (such as the things one needs to live)

    [Idiom]  | "in need of" 


    1: —used to say that someone or something needs to have something

    [Noun phrase]  | "hour of need" 


    1: the time when help is most needed

    [Verb]  | "need" 


    1: to have as a requirement;


      * e.g., " ... a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it "




    2: to be under necessity or obligation to;


      * e.g., " ... you need not stand when she enters the room "



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    [Verb]  | "arise" 


    1: to leave one's bed;


      * e.g., " ... the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up "




    2: to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly;


      * e.g., " ... note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment "




    3: to come into existence;


      * e.g., " ... it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period "




    [Noun]  | "need" 


    1: a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful;


      * e.g., " ... when it came time to wrap the presents, he found he was in need of adhesive tape "




    2: something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable;


      * e.g., " ... got a job that barely provided for his basic needs "




    3: something one must do because of prior agreement;


      * e.g., " ... no need to apologize "



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     [ "need" ]

    1: n. American Slang - to want.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I really need to get that sweet new phone! 

     [ "need" ]

    1:  To want desperately

      * e.g.,  ...  "I need a burrito/blow job/good kick to the head." 

     [ "need" ]

    2:  To want for (in the British sense)

      * e.g.,  ...  "I need you to untie me if you want a hand job." 

     [ "need" ]

    1: A want disguised as a need

      * e.g.,  ... I "need" those cookies over there. 

     [ "need on?" ]

    1: An informal question sometimes used to covertly offer the sale of illicit drugs, usually Cannabis.

      * e.g.,  ... Word, you need on? 

     [ "needful" ]

    1: An indian term usually used in place of the word "necessary"

      * e.g.,  ... Hi, with regards to that help you promised me, kindly do the needful. 

     [ "Needfuls" ]

    1: A group of Indian Technology professionals attempting to make sub-English requests to on-shore technical teams. Derived from the Indian request to "please do the needful", or "kindly do the needful", where "the needful" refers to "the necessary".

      * e.g.,  ... The "needfuls" just raped us today on code defects. 

     [ "the need" ]

    1: "The need?" is a phrase used to question what the point is in someone or something, essentially a shortened version of "what's the need in that?"

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Gary is such a fucking arsewipe Person 2: I know, the need? 

     [ "no need" ]

    1: adj/statement:

      * e.g.,  ... Fat men in thongs - NO NEED! 

     [ "no need" ]

    2: udescription of any event, smell, taste, sight, feeling etc that is totally unnecessary.

     [ "Needs" ]

    1:  A word denoting that a person or object is found to be wanting.

      * e.g.,  ...  Dude 1 "I'm not coming out tonight, I'm watching Lost." 

     [ "Needs" ]

    2:  An exclamation used when something is found to be hilariously inadequate or unsatisfactory.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 2 "Rah boy, you've got needs." 

     [ "Needs" ]

    3:  Abbreviation of Special Needs, i.e. Mentally or Physically retarded.

      * e.g.,  ...  "Look! I got new trousers" 

     [ "Needs" ]

    1: Something everyone has that you must meet if you want to succeed etc. Easier said than done. We learn through our trauma, which is -at it's fundamental level- the experience of lacking something that we need and want in our life, that our need will not be met, and worse than that, that our needs are not ok. If basic needs aren't met according to the law of attraction life will naturally align you with people who can help you meet those unmet needs and it aligns you with ways and opportunities for you to meet your own needs. See also Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Needs.

      * e.g.,  ... We all have needs. 

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