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need  


      vb  
1    call for, demand, entail, have occasion to or for, lack, miss, necessitate, require, want  
      n  
2    longing, requisite, want, wish  
3    deprivation, destitution, distress, extremity, impecuniousness, inadequacy, indigence, insufficiency, lack, neediness, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, shortage  
4    emergency, exigency, necessity, obligation, urgency, want  
5    demand, desideratum, essential, requirement, requisite  
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See also:

needed, needful, needle, needless

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n.
a single place where you can find everything you need, usually found in different places
n.
someone to whom everybody is turning when they need advice, help
[Fam.]
exp.
to do two things at the same time using the effort needed to do only one
n.
(british slang) "a strong drink" as in "i need a stiff whisky so pour me a real snorter", or (nautical slang) "a strong wind".
Slang
v.
used for saying that you think someone is spending too much money on things they do not need

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