basic need

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandneed

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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need
noun
uk
/niːd/us
/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofbasicandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbasic need

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Hisbasicneedis to say something quickly.
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But how does the sheer fact that the agent has abasicneedmake her good?
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There was abasicneedamong widowers to replace a deceased spouse with a new wife.
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It is an argument which asserts that health is abasicneedwhich no one should be unnecessarily denied.
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While shelter is perceived as abasicneed, for women to have cash-in-hand is not.
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The two languages are then woven together, arguably, for creative or artistic purposes rather than thebasicneedfor communication.
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Education is abasicneed.
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Abasicneedtherefore exists.
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Within the second priority category ofbasicneed, we also cover projects that are termed exceptionalbasicneed.
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Allocations forbasicneedand exceptionalbasicneedwill be much higher in 1996–97 than in recent years.
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After that comes the provision of new school places in areas of population growth,basicneed, and exceptionalbasicneed, which is a sub-category ofbasicneed.
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This total represents abasicneed.
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Water, like housing, is abasicneed.
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A home is the mostbasicneed.
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What on earth is abasicneed?
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This is what we have referred to asbasicneed.
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Thebasicneedis for universities to modernise themselves.
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Thebasicneedin all cases is the same.
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We hope to provide those craftsmen with thisbasicneed.
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There is abasicneedfor more police.
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Briefly, they consist of existing schemes andbasicneed.
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Good housing is such abasicneedfor any society.
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They have, indeed, onebasicneedin common—craftsmanship.
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