need

Naija

Alternative forms

• fit 0.64 19431, ready 0.61 1219, suppose 0.60 3425, continue 0.57 1473, try 0.55 3008, hard 0.54 1094, contribute 0.54 266, enough 0.53 309, gats 0.53 156

Etymology

Borrowed from English need

Pronunciation

• nid

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 98
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 137
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2791
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 143

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

need: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:8)

   E tell me things wey good circuit overseer need.  — (jw__10566, __no translation__)

   Im explain say need dey to improve 'My Locator', but e say Tomisin don already make di most important step.  — (bbc__15306, __no translation__)

2. acl-det (frequency:8)

   Jesus come tell Peter and the other disciples one story wey go help dem see the need to dey forgive.  — (jw__19893, __no translation__)

   Di case wey dem list as Naruto V David Slater don make people dey reason di need to dey give animals legal rights.  — (bbc__33466, __no translation__)

3. case (frequency:6)

   De project di give pads dem for school for helep de girls dem weh wen deh stain dia uniform or dey in need for go take'am use.  — (bbc__27643, __no translation__)

   For the NFF Football Awards for Lagos on 1st April 2019 naim dem announce say dem go form welfare foundation for we football legends dem to take care of them wen dem dey in time of need.  — (brila__700, __no translation__)

4. det-nmod (frequency:5)

   For dis matter, dem go consider di need of country wey never develop.  — (gumbody__89, __no translation__)

   Di to di party and ready to dey make sure de dey meet di need of wi Naija pipo.  — (ja102__1730, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:3)

   De get dat need to...  — (NST_cleaned__41439, __no translation__)

   NCDC say dem dey on alert mode wen di need go arise  — (bbc__69385, __no translation__)

6. nmod (frequency:3)

   When de shake you before dem, dem go flush, de need to flush your system.  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__51, When they shake you, before they...they go flu-... they need to flush your system.)

   Ah feel say need for pre-condition no dey, e for fain make deh shiddon for table, Agbor Balla add.  — (bbc__217, __no translation__)

7. acl (frequency:2)

   and give di pikin advice, assist am and mek am dia friend wit di mind of how di pikin go continue like dat after e no get need to stay di place again.  — (hildrights__1531, __no translation__)

   — dem go release/free pikin wey dem catch put for Attendance Centre for Pikin dem or Correction Centre for Pikin dem, wen e reach eighteen years, unless sey di Court see am sey do need to go Correction Centre for Youth mek dem still train and teach am, and if na like e be, dem go transfer am go Correction Centre for Youth.  — (hildrights__1236, __no translation__)

8. dep-det (frequency:2)

   De get dat need to... for somebody wey de dey look up to, wey de wan be like right from small.  — (KAD_03_Why-Men-Watch-Football_MG__40, They have that need to... for someone to look up to, who they want to be like, right from childhood.)

   Wi house of Representatives today don tell wi oga federal government to give more attention to wi contri-side development-mata, with di mind to increase di every year budget of wi naija ministry ontop agriculture and rural development-mata, to increase di need of wi contri-side pipo.  — (ja102__5434, __no translation__)

9. acl-amod (frequency:2)

   Wetin military need to do dey very simple, na court dem suppose carry person wey talk wetin dey bad go and no be dem suppose monitor social media.  — (bbc__4947, __no translation__)

   For inside di report, di EU Mission demand urgent need to improve di process wey di kontri dey take range election and restore faith inside di system.  — (bbc__51776, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• fit 0.64 19431, ready 0.61 1219, suppose 0.60 3425, continue 0.57 1473, try 0.55 3008, hard 0.54 1094, contribute 0.54 266, enough 0.53 309, gats 0.53 156

Antonyms

• fit 0.64 19431, ready 0.61 1219, suppose 0.60 3425, continue 0.57 1473, try 0.55 3008, hard 0.54 1094, contribute 0.54 266, enough 0.53 309, gats 0.53 156

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

need: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. nsubj (frequency:115)

   Wetin we need.  — (jw__43231, __no translation__)

   na wetin I need.  — (NST_cleaned__38400, __no translation__)

2. mark-obj (frequency:49)

   Some people wey need our help  — (jw__32791, __no translation__)

   Moh we tell dem sey we need fourty four thousand.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__48, That we should tell them that we need fourty four thousand,)

3. obj (frequency:17)

   Dem need' text books'  — (bbc__8733, __no translation__)

   Na dem get soft body, na dem need attention.  — (BEN_01_Woman-Life-No-Easy_M__34, Their body is soft; they need attention.)

4. - (frequency:16)

   Na dem get soft body, na dem need attention.  — (NST_cleaned__21889, __no translation__)

   Dem go con dey pretend for man sey dem no dey, dem no need… ,  — (ONI_04_Women_M__62, They'll now prtend for men that they do not they do not need...)

5. cc-obj (frequency:6)

   Bible no tell us sey Jehovah get faith or need faith.  — (jw__6681, __no translation__)

   Moreover di woman husband don die, and di woman need companion.  — (BEN_21_Love-Matters_DG__59, Moreover, the woman's husband has died and the woman needs companion.)

6. mark (frequency:5)

   Goment task team for 2016 calculate say to give one pikin all di vaccines wey di pikin need go cost just 13,000 naira.  — (bbc__54543, __no translation__)

   na about wia we dey live and work, and e dey give us idea of how we fit contribute to di big change, because everibodi need dey involved.  — (bbc__89241, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:4)

   Sister wey im husband don die fit need person wey go help am repair something for house.  — (jw__30901, __no translation__)

   Cameroon bin announce say deh need coach and komot shortlist, but just now na name for 70-year-old deh everiwia.  — (bbc__24355, __no translation__)

8. aux (frequency:3)

   Na scapegoat dey need.  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__28, It's a scapegoat they need.)

   We di glad for de cooperation weh e dey between de agencies and Cameroon goment for give de population weti deh need, Richard Albright tok afta e visit de Minawao cap with US Ambassador Peter Henry Barlerin.  — (bbc__5851, __no translation__)

9. aux-mark (frequency:3)

   Dia names been dey list of people wey dey don give work for National Orthopaedic Hospital inside Kano after dey don pass all di things wey dey need, but fail di compulsory drug test.  — (bbc__39820, __no translation__)

   Now so for CAR, 2.5 million pipo need assistance, more dan 568,572 displaced pipo outside and 400,000 inside, deh moni weh deh need na 515.6 million dollars, but na only 9.4 percent for aid deh get.  — (bbc__75645, __no translation__)

10. dep-mark (frequency:3)

    Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari sign di #NoTooYoungToRun bill into law to make di age wey pesin need to be to run for office reduce more.  — (bbc__63223, __no translation__)

    If dat person wake up, come meet me, I go dash you money, but if dat person no wake up, remember sey you need to also come meet me, and dash me money.  — (ENU_28_World-Food-Day_M__59, If that person wakes up, come and meet me. I will give you money. But if that person doesn't wake up, remember that you need to also come and meet me and give me money.)

11. conj (frequency:2)

    Labara Shoda also join mouth to condemn nudity as she sef follow tok say, need dey to get television show wey go dey show better cultural content.  — (bbc__32319, __no translation__)

    She say, need dey to arrange social protection for all wi Naija women-dem and di girl child, to block di high rate of violence wey dey always dey happen to dem, inside wi contri.  — (ja102__3327, __no translation__)

12. advmod (frequency:2)

    Na wetin suppose be if you dey eat wetin your body no need.  — (ONI_23_Things-Don-Cost_DG__78, That is what is supposed to be. If you what is npt good for your body...)

    and where e be sey – de no dey follow di order hooha , or di supervisor dey consider sey no need dey for di order, dey consider whether make e apply or make e no apply make court give variation or discharge.  — (hildrights__585, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• fit 0.64 19431, ready 0.61 1219, suppose 0.60 3425, continue 0.57 1473, try 0.55 3008, hard 0.54 1094, contribute 0.54 266, enough 0.53 309, gats 0.53 156

Antonyms

• fit 0.64 19431, ready 0.61 1219, suppose 0.60 3425, continue 0.57 1473, try 0.55 3008, hard 0.54 1094, contribute 0.54 266, enough 0.53 309, gats 0.53 156

Translations

• English: no definition