Need and Set

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Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Set and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Need".

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

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Need and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old need	old set
good	good need	good set
high	high need	high set
special	special need	special set
Other adjectives: long, particular, usual, specific, certain, current, original, single, powerful, actual, large, big, great, huge, new, limited, last, different.

It is set in an Alternate Universe in which the United States government, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the early H-bomb tests, announced the need for penitence.

Source: Literature / Half-Life
Bart: Yeah, but at least now that my show's cancelled, I don't need material, so there's no need to lure my dad into the trap I set for him.

Source: Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!
To do it, you need to have Livin' Large to have a chemistry set, and make a sim who has no points to any of his personality and a lot with at least the chemistry set inside it.

Source: Game Breaker / Simulation

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