need
A for something; something .
Example
“There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.”
Other meanings
A desire or craving for the satisfaction of a requirement perceived as essential or primal.
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "need".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “need” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.