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Meaning of need

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  need
      n 1: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for
           affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His
           work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: {need}, {demand}]
      2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
         means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
         wants" [syn: {need}, {want}]
      3: 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; "we did not
         understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of
         motives" [syn: {motivation}, {motive}, {need}]
      4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
         appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
         homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {pauperism},
         {pauperization}]
      v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
           what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
           job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
           demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
           for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
           postulate a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask},
           {postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call
           for}, {demand}] [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}]
      2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
         tuner" [syn: {want}, {need}, {require}]
      3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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