(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed. / Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for. / (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something. / (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

(archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.

plural of need

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of need

present participle of need

A need.

Necessary; being required.

simple past tense and past participle of need

Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable. / (archaic) Needy; in need.