Collins English-English Dictionary

need [niːd]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to be in want of

   to need money

2. 2. vt. [tr] to require or be required of necessity (to be or do something); be obliged

   to need to do more work

3. 3. vt. [takes an infinitive without to] used as an auxiliary in negative and interrogative sentences to express necessity or obligation and does not add -s when used with he, she, it, and singular nouns

   need he go?

4. 4. vi. [intr] [archaic] to be essential or necessary to

   there needs no reason for this

5. 5. n the fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something

   he has need of a new coat

6. 6. n a requirement

   the need for vengeance

7. 7. n necessity or obligation resulting from some situation

   no need to be frightened

8. 8. n distress or extremity

   a friend in need

9. 9. n extreme poverty or destitution; penury

10. 10. n See also needs

11. 11. n [Etymology] Old English nead, nied; related to Old Frisian ned, Old Saxon nod, Old High German not