What is the meaning of needed?

verb

  • Require as useful, just, or proper.
    • usage: "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"
  • Have need of.
    • usage: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
  • Have or feel a need for.
    • usage: "always needing friends and money"

adjective

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APAWordNet. (2010). needed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/needed/definitions/1179005
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