dire need
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdireandneed
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dire
adjective
uk/daɪər/us/daɪr/
very serious ...
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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 ofdireandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Bilingualism is indireneedof formal models.
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The refugees were also indireneedof winter clothing.
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Plagued by 'worldly misfortunes',57 the monks are indireneedof financial support.
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She was therefore forbidden to step out unless there wasdireneed.
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I was not only a stranger, but a ' ' lost ' ' one indireneedof being saved.
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Thus, there is adireneedfor a critical appraisal of the content and methodological quality of the reviews.
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There isdireneedof help here.
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They are indireneednow.
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They go because they are indireneed.
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Many regions are indireneedof revitalisation.
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We are providing for exceptional circumstances ofdireneed.
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It has been forgotten until a time ofdireneed.
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No doubt thedireneedof the moment is production.
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The breeding industry is indireneedof support.
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Our nation is indireneedof investment.
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The station is indireneedof improvement.
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Both nations are indireneedof money.
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By offering services free of charge to people indireneed, the organization contributes to the widespread circulation of religious messages.
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There is adireneedfor re-afforestation.
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There are many people receiving these payments who are not indireneed, and many others who are indireneedwho are not receiving them.
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Public debate on the immigration issue generally kept a low profile through the 1960s; integration efforts prevailed and the economy was indireneedof the immigrants' contribution.
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This section of the community is crying out for help indireneed.
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These are the people who are indireneedof dental treatment.
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If they are throwing away £14,000,000 to the brewers they cannot be in suchdireneed.
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