Necessity vs. Need
Necessitynoun
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Necessitynoun
The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
Necessitynoun
Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
Necessitynoun
Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
Necessitynoun
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. en
Necessitynoun
(legal) Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
Necessitynoun
Indispensable requirements (of life).
Necessitynoun
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.
Necessitynoun
The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.
Necessitynoun
That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; - often in the plural.
Necessitynoun
That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality.
Necessitynoun
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
Necessitynoun
the condition of being essential or indispensable
Necessitynoun
anything indispensable;
Neednoun
A requirement for something; something needed.
Neednoun
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Needverb
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Needverb
(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
Needverb
(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
Needverb
(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
Needverb
To be necessary (to someone).
Neednoun
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
Neednoun
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Neednoun
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
Neednoun
Situation of need; peril; danger.
Needverb
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
Needverb
To be wanted; to be necessary.
Needadverb
Of necessity. See Needs.
Neednoun
a condition requiring relief;
Neednoun
anything that is necessary but lacking;
Neednoun
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;
Neednoun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution;
Needverb
require as useful, just, or proper;
Needverb
have need of;
Needverb
have or feel a need for;
Need
A need is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants.
