Meaning of needed in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To have an absolute requirement for.

  Example: Living things need water to survive.

• To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

  Example: After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.

• (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

  Example: You need not go if you don't want to.

• To be required; to be necessary.

• To be necessary (to someone).

adjective

• Necessary; being required.

  Example: A much-needed rest.