need

Naija

Etymology

From: English need

Pronunciation

• nìd

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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

Noun

1. sey person dey lack someting

   • Jesus come tell Peter and the other disciples one story wey go help dem see the need to dey forgive.  — (jw,19893. Jesus now told Peter and the other disciples a story to make them understand the importance of forgiveness.)
   • 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__)
   • 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__)
   • 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__)

   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__)

   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__)

   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

lack, want, poverty.

Antonyms

• surplus enough

Translations

• English: Lack of means

Verb

1. wetin be person serious want

   Wetin we need.  — (jw__43231, what do we need? )

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

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

   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...)

2. 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.)

   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__)

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

   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__)

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: Lack