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How to pronounce “need

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Pronunciation guide for need

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of need with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Working With the Arctic National Wildlife Refugeso they need good sea ice condition to
Definition summary
(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce need

Working With the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

so they need good sea ice condition to

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “need

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
  • Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
  • (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
  • (modal, chiefly in the negative and interrogative) To be obliged or required (to do something).
  • (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).

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Similar Sounds

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