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needs
adv. necessarily, of necessity
 
need
v. require; be in distress, be under hardship; be obligated
 
n. necessity, requirement; shortage of an indispensable item; distress, hardship


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For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see Need (Stargate SG-1). For the Canadian convenience store, see Needs Convenience.A human need can be defined either psychologically or objectively. These may be connected: the non-satisfaction of an objective need -- the failure to "pay" a cost of being a human -- is likely perceived by the needy as a "felt need." On the other hand, the specific manifestation of objective needs is defined by individual preferences and psychology: the need for food can appear in many different ways.
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needs
Adverb
1. in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"
(synonym) inevitably, necessarily, of necessity

 
need
Noun
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"
(synonym) demand
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) lack, deficiency, want
(derivation) want, require
2. anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
(synonym) want
(hypernym) necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
(derivation) necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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"
(synonym) motivation, motive
(hypernym) psychological feature
(hyponym) life
4. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
(synonym) indigence, penury, beggary, pauperism, pauperization
(hypernym) poverty, poorness, impoverishment
Verb
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 postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact
(derivation) want
2. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
(synonym) want, require
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) cry
(derivation) demand
3. have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Needs
(adv.)
Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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Needs
innate feelings of deprivation in a person. See Wants.

2004 (c) Copyright & Reprint Courtesy of the Dept. of Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; edited by Mr. Don Bradmore.

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