Need vs. Needed

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.

Neededverb

simple past tense and past participle of need

Neededadjective

Necessary; being required.

Needed

necessary; as, provided them with all needed equipment. Opposite of unnecessary.

Neededadjective

necessary for relief or supply;