1. verb [no cont] A1. If you need something, or need to do something, you cannot successfully achieve what you want or live properly without it. He desperately needed money. [VERB noun] These diets provide everything your body needs. [VERB noun] I need to make a phone call. [VERB to-infinitive] More @Wikipedia
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