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need

IPA(Pronunciation)

/niːd/

Verb

transitive modal verb intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for. / (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something. / (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

Japanese Meaning

絶対に必要とする / 強く欲する、切実に求める / 〜する必要がある、〜すべきである

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We need clean water to survive.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは生きるために清潔な水を必要とする。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

Living things need water to survive.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.

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Sense（3）

(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

You need not go if you don't want to.

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Sense（4）

(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

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Sense（5）

(obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).

More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me […]

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needs

（ present singular third-person ）

needing

（ participle present ）

needed

（ participle past ）

needed

（ past ）

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