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We found 46 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word need:
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General (34 matching dictionaries)

1. need: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. need, need: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. need: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. need: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. need: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. need: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Need, need, need, need, need: Wordnik [home, info]
8. need: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. need: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. need: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. need: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. need: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. Need, need: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. need (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. need: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. need: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. need, need: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
18. Need (novel series), Need, The Need: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
19. Need: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
20. need: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
21. need: Rhymezone [home, info]
22. need: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
23. need: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
24. NEED: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
25. need: All About Homonyms [home, info]
26. need: Free Dictionary [home, info]
27. need: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
28. need: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
29. need: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
30. need: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
31. need: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
32. need: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

33. Need: FACS Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms [home, info]
34. need: Legal dictionary [home, info]
35. need: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

36. Need: Cybernetics and Systems [home, info]
37. need: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

38. need: online medical dictionary [home, info]
39. need: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

40. Need: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
41. NEED: Acronym Finder [home, info]
42. NEED: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
43. need: Idioms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

44. need: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (need) ▸ noun:  anything that is necessary but lacking ("He had sufficient means to meet his simple needs") ▸ noun:  a condition requiring relief ("She satisfied his need for affection") ▸ noun:  a state of extreme poverty or destitution ("A general state of need exists among the homeless") ▸ noun:  the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior ▸ verb:  have or feel a need for ("Always needing friends and money") ▸ verb:  have need of ▸ verb:  require as useful, just, or proper ▸ Also see needs ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to need ▸ Usage examples for need ▸ Idioms related to need (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing need ▸ Words that often appear near need ▸ Rhymes of need ▸ Invented words related to need