need
Noun
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subtypes:
- deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- necessity - the condition of being essential or indispensable
same as: demand -
same as: want
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is a type of: psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organismsubtypes:
- life - a motive for living
- rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
- irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
- impulse, urge - an instinctive motive
- ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
- mental energy, psychic energy - an actuating force or factor
same as: motivation, motive -
is a type of: impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Verb
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subtypes:
- claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- draw - require a specified depth for floating
- cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately
- compel - necessitate or exact
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)subtypes: cry - demand immediate action
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