Forms

• simple present : need
• simple present, singular, third person : needs
• simple past : needed
• present participle : needing
• negation, simple present : needn’t
• negation, simple present, singular, third person : needn’t
• past participle : needed

Compounds

In compounds

a friend in need is a friend indeed, needful, needless

Forms

• singular : need
• plural : needs