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nee'n't

/niːnt/

nee'n't is the contraction of need.

Meaning of need

Noun

need (countable and uncountable, plural needs)

  1. A requirement for something; something needed.
    • There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
    Synonyms:
    occasion, use
  2. A desire or craving for the satisfaction of a requirement perceived as essential or primal.
  3. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
    • Famine is in thy cheeks;
      Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about nee'n't

What is nee'n't the contraction of?
Nee'n't is the contraction of need.
How do you pronounce nee'n't?
Nee'n't is pronounced /niːnt/.

Words near nee'n't in the dictionary

  1. Nedwin
  2. Nedwins
  3. nee
  4. nee nor
  5. nee way
  6. nee'n't
  7. nee-naw
  8. neeb
  9. neebs
  10. neece
  11. neeces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nee'n't (page history and authors); need (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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