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need

[need] / nid /






Usage

What are other ways to say need? The verb need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire. Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. 

Example Sentences

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One doesn’t need to follow the ins and outs of the latest research to gather that Americans’ reading habits aren’t what they used to be.

From The Wall Street Journal

While they are often described as providing "empty calories," the study found they can meet micronutrient needs, largely because of vitamin fortification.

From Science Daily

Mookie Betts said he was undecided and needed to talk it over with his family first when last year’s visit was initially announced.

From Los Angeles Times

“To solve these problems, new ideas are needed along with leadership capable of implementing them.”

From Los Angeles Times

"We are ready to talk," she said, adding that, "we need to know without a doubt that she is alive and you have her... Please, reach out to us."

From BBC