ALL meanings of needed
need·ed
N n - noun needed Simple past tense and past participle of need. 1
- adjective needed required, necessary 1
- adjective needed person: valuable, wanted 1
- adjective needed necessary, required, or wanted (usually used in combination): a much-needed vacation. 1
- noun needed a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there. 1
- noun needed a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary: to fulfill the needs of the assignment. 1
- noun needed urgent want, as of something requisite: He has no need of your charity. 1
- noun needed necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case: There is no need to worry. 1
- noun needed a situation or time of difficulty; exigency: to help a friend in need; to be a friend in need. 1
- noun needed a condition marked by the lack of something requisite: the need for leadership. 1
- noun needed destitution; extreme poverty: The family's need is acute. 1
- verb with object needed to have need of; require: to need money. 1
- verb without object needed to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and followed by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d person singular the form is need, not needs): He need not go. 1
- verb without object needed to be in need or want. 1
- verb without object needed to be necessary: There needs no apology. 1
- idioms needed if need be, should the necessity arise: If need be, I can type the letters myself. 1