Load and Need

Load

Load noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Need and load are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Load".

Nearby Words: loaded, loading, loader, loadable

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Load and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Load" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

emotional	emotional load	emotional need
old	old load	old need
high	high load	high need
low	low load	low need
Other adjectives: special, long, particular, specific, certain, current, true, single, actual, real, large, big, increased, great, huge, absolute, new, less, limited.

character	load character	need character
kind	load kind	need kind
time	load time	need time
way	load way	need way
Other words: weapon, card, gun, ammo, page, points, weapons, guns, models.

Programs need to load into RAM before they can run, so the faster they can do it, the shorter load times are.

Source: Useful Notes / Mass Storage
Arguably its most useful feature is the fact that it does not need a magazine to fully load it.

Source: Cool Guns / Rifles
You'll need to make special preparations — such as having a load of Magic Missiles (one of the two spells which are excepted from its immunities).

Source: Demonic Spiders / Tabletop Games

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