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neede

neede is the archaic spelling 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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Forms of neede

pluralneedes

Questions about neede

What is neede the archaic spelling of?
Neede is the archaic spelling of need.

Words near neede in the dictionary

  1. need-to-knows
  2. needa
  3. needable
  4. needcessities
  5. needcessity
  6. neede
  7. needed
  8. needed more time in the oven
  9. needed no introduction
  10. needed not
  11. needed one's bumps feeling

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