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The correct spelling is need.
How to pronounce need
/niːd/
nounIPA: /niːd/
Say it like: Nee-d
The correct spelling is need. A requirement for something; something needed. For example: "I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter."
Usage Examples
“I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.”
“Living things need water to survive.”
“After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A requirement for something; something needed.
- 2.Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
verb
- 1.To have an absolute requirement for.
- 2.To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
- 3.(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
- 4.To be required; to be necessary.
- 5.To be necessary (to someone).
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