Meaning of needed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Necessary; being required.
2. To be under the necessity of or the obligation to: They need not come. You needn't be concerned.
3. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved: crops in need of water; a child's need for affection.
4. Something required or wanted; a requisite: "Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).
5. Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.
6. A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.
7. To have need of; require: The family needs money. We need to get some more paint.
8. To have an obligation (to do something): You need to clean up your room.
9. To be subject (to an action) by obligation: Bags need to be stowed underneath the seat in front of you.
10. To want to be subject to: We don't need another lecture on the subject.
11. To be in need or want.

Examples

“A much-needed rest.”

“Just-in-time as-needed support for in-house training”

“And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts...”

CEFR level