Do and Need

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Do

Do noun - A social gathering.
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Need and do are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead the word "Do" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Word: doing

Need

Need noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.
Usage example: no need to apologize
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Do and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Do" instead the word "Need" as a noun or a verb. archaic substitute
Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

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How words are described

human human do human need
good good do good need
special special do special need
many many do many need
Other adjectives: true, single, obvious, powerful, actual, real, big, extreme, great, huge, little, bad, absolute, new, possible, last, magical.

Common collocations

work do work need work
kind do kind need kind
amount do amount need amount
number do number need number
Other words: time, way, bit, magic, whatever.
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