word-vault/dist/data/cards/ne/need.json

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{
    "term": "need",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "need",
            "heSheIt": "needs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "needed",
        "pastParticiple": "needed",
        "ingForm": "needing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to require something/somebody because they are essential or very important, not just because you would like to have them",
            "sensetop": "need something/somebodyneed to do somethingsomething needs doing",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you need any help?",
                    "contextForm": "need something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's here if you need it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't go—I might need you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **badly needed** a change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **desperately need** hard facts on this disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food aid is urgently needed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you need your own computer for? You can use ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She needs more time to recover."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People need income not handouts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More new housing is needed in the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't need your comments, thank you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to get some sleep.",
                    "contextForm": "need to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He needs to win this game to stay in the match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don't need to leave yet, do you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to know how toxic the product is."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This shirt needs to be washed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This shirt needs washing.",
                    "contextForm": "something needs doing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How much time is needed for maintenance and repairs?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They question whether American consumers really need the product."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just need some information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Research is urgently needed into the causes of this illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She needed some money badly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These people may need 24-hour attention, but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You hardly need me to tell you that your father is still very frail and must not be upset."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "desperately", "really"],
                "verb + need": ["be going to", "be expected to", "be likely to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to show what you should or have to do",
            "sensetop": "need to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All you need to do is complete this form."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't need to go to the bank after all—Mary lent me the money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be crazy",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːd/",
                "audio": "ne/need/need__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːdz/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈniːdɪd/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈniːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːd/",
                "audio": "ne/need/need__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːdz/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈniːdɪd/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈniːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ne/need/needing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger’."
}