Need vs. Needed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Need and Needed
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Need
A need is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants.
Needed
A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved
Crops in need of water.
A child's need for affection.
Need
A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved
Crops in need of water.
A child's need for affection.
Needed
Something required or wanted; a requisite
"Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).
Need
Something required or wanted; a requisite
"Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).
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Needed
Necessity; obligation
There is no need for you to go.
Need
Necessity; obligation
There is no need for you to go.
Needed
A condition of poverty or misfortune
The family is in dire need.
Need
A condition of poverty or misfortune
The family is in dire need.
Needed
To be under the necessity of or the obligation to
They need not come. You needn't be concerned.
Need
To be under the necessity of or the obligation to
They need not come. You needn't be concerned.
Needed
To have need of; require
The family needs money. We need to get some more paint.
Need
To have need of; require
The family needs money. We need to get some more paint.
Needed
To have an obligation (to do something)
You need to clean up your room.
Need
To have an obligation (to do something)
You need to clean up your room.
Needed
To be subject (to an action) by obligation
Bags need to be stowed underneath the seat in front of you.
Need
To be subject (to an action) by obligation
Bags need to be stowed underneath the seat in front of you.
Needed
To want to be subject to
We don't need another lecture on the subject.
Need
To want to be subject to
We don't need another lecture on the subject.
Needed
To be in need or want.
Need
To be in need or want.
Needed
To be necessary.
Need
To be necessary.
Needed
; being required.
A much-needed rest.
Need
A requirement for something; something needed.
There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
Our needs are not being met.
I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
Needed
Simple past tense and past participle of need
Need
Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Needed
Necessary; as, provided them with all needed equipment. Opposite of unnecessary.
Need
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
Living things need water to survive.
Needed
Necessary for relief or supply;
Provided them with all things needful
Need
(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
Need
(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
You need not go if you don't want to.
Need
(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
Need
To be necessary (to someone).
Need
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
And the city had no need of the sun.
I have no need to beg.
Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy.
Need
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
Famine is in thy cheeks;Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.
Need
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
Need
Situation of need; peril; danger.
Need
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
Other creatures all day longRove idle, unemployed, and less need rest.
Need
To be wanted; to be necessary.
When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs.
Need
Of necessity. See Needs.
Need
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
Need
Anything that is necessary but lacking;
He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
I tried to supply his wants
Need
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;
We did not understand his motivation
He acted with the best of motives
Need
A state of extreme poverty or destitution;
Their indigence appalled him
A general state of need exists among the homeless
Need
Require as useful, just, or proper;
It takes nerve to do what she did
Success usually requires hard work
This job asks a lot of patience and skill
This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent
Need
Have need of;
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Need
Have or feel a need for;
Always needing friends and money
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