We can use main verb need as an alternative to semi-modal need. Main verb need is followed by to and it changes with person, number and tense (I, you, we, they need to; she, he, it needs to; I, you, she, he, it, we, they needed to). …

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When used as a main verb, need agrees with its subject, takes to before the verb following it, and combines with do in questions, negations, and certain other constructions: He needs to go. Does he need to go so soon? He doesn't need to go.

A need is something essential: people need food, water, and shelter. When you lack them, you're in need.

NEED definition: a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation. See examples of need used in a sentence.

If there is a need for something, that thing would improve a situation or something cannot happen without it.

Needs are distinguished from wants. In the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. In other words, a need is something required for a safe, stable and healthy life (e.g. air, water, food, land, shelter) while a want is a desire, wish or aspiration.

need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past and past participle needed) Living things need water to survive. You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.