need
[need]
noun
1.a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
2.a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary: to fulfill the needs of the assignment.
3.urgent want, as of something requisite: He has no need of your charity.
4.necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case: There is no need to worry.
5.a situation or time of difficulty; exigency: to help a friend in need; to be a friend in need.
7.destitution; extreme poverty: The family’s need is acute.
verb (used with object)
8. to have need of; require: to need money.
8. to have need of; require: to need money.
verb (used without object)
9.to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and followed by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d person singular the form is need, not needs ): He need not go.
9.to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and followed by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d person singular the form is need, not needs ): He need not go.
10.to be in need or want.
11.to be necessary: There needs no apology.
Idiom
12. if need be, should the necessity arise: If need be, I can type the letters myself.
Idiom
12. if need be, should the necessity arise: If need be, I can type the letters myself.