1. Noun
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
2. Noun
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
3. Noun
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
4. Noun
Situation of need; peril; danger.
5. Noun
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
6. Verb
To be wanted; to be necessary.
7. Adverb
Of necessity. See Needs.
8. Noun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
9. Noun
a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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