Search Result:needed
Overview of verb need
The verb need has 3 senses
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (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")
- want, need, require -- (have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner")
- need -- (have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money")
Overview of adj needed
The adj needed has 1 sense
- needed, needful, required, requisite -- (necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful")