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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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England explained Jacks' selection by a need to bolster their batting.

From BBC

Instead, he argues, India needs to expand its small share—about 2%—of the world’s exports.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another challenge for condo owners is that it can be difficult for buyers to get mortgages for units in buildings that need major repairs or don’t have enough property insurance.

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How do you decide on the best premium credit card for your needs?

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Under a “design to value” approach the company had adopted, those employees needed to find corresponding cost cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal