needed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb require as useful, just, or proper
   call for; require; necessitate; involve; need; take; demand; ask; postulate.
   
   • 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 postulate a patient's consent
2. verb have need of
   need; require; want.
   
   • This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
3. verb have or feel a need for
   need.
   
   • always needing friends and money
4. adjective satellite necessary for relief or supply
   needful; required; requisite.
   
   • provided them with all things needful

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