felt need

collocation in English

meaningsoffeltandneed

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felt
noun[U]
uk
/felt/us
/felt/
a type of thick, soft cloth made from a pressed mass of wool or ...
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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 offeltandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffelt need

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These factors combined to generate afeltneedfor assistance.
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Family planning is a need, but not afeltneed.
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Thefeltneedis for the reader to be guided more clearly through the book's wide-ranging but intelligent content.
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The common assumption that if there is national deforestation, then there is afeltneedto plant trees, needs to be reexamined.
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There was a constant struggle against decay here as well, but, following extant paths, these roads at least met something of a popularlyfeltneed.
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Current priorities for research and research funding re-ect a stronglyfeltneed, among governments and donor agencies, for rapid problem-solving to relieve poverty.
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In the 1960s, there was low confidence in indigenous business as an engine of growth and afeltneedfor foreign capital's contribution.
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The interview data suggested that the combination of individual need and the home environment creates afeltneedfor help : the individual feels that they need help.
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Perhaps without exception, such major changes in legal doctrine are a response to afeltneedto bring policy and practice in line with some new reality.
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There is a longfeltneedfor a sheltered workshop in the city.
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This scheme is set up to deal with a very greatlyfeltneed.
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One reason for rapid model development was afeltneed.
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But the moment is just as important: the coincidence of events, of other discoveries, of new materials and of afeltneed.
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To me, it fulfils a very longfeltneedin our society and one that could not be more clearly and fully dealt with.
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It is the inspirationallyfeltneedthat the individual aspires to achieve.
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There was also afeltneedto concentrate on basic education.
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Membership comes from afeltneed, not as a life sentence.
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However, there was a keenlyfeltneedfor a speleological organization in the country.
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That the work supplied a commonlyfeltneedis shown by its nine editions.
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