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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
"senses": [
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"_dis": "32 39 29",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I donated the clothes my son outgrew to help children in need."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking basic necessities such as food and shelter; poor; indigent."
],
"id": "en-in_need-en-prep_phrase-o7MNQ-1d",
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"necessities",
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"food",
"food"
],
[
"shelter",
"shelter"
],
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"poor",
"poor"
],
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"indigent",
"indigent"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The team came to the rescue of a whale in need."
}
],
"glosses": [
"In distress or otherwise difficult circumstances."
],
"id": "en-in_need-en-prep_phrase-lwrDYkEP",
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"distress"
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"difficult",
"difficult"
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"circumstances"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The house was in need of urgent repairs."
}
],
"glosses": [
"needing (the specified necessities)."
],
"id": "en-in_need-en-prep_phrase-27OTVaMs",
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"needing",
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"qualifier": "when followed by “of”",
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"(when followed by “of”) needing (the specified necessities)."
]
}
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"word": "in need"
}
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{
"text": "I donated the clothes my son outgrew to help children in need."
}
],
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"Lacking basic necessities such as food and shelter; poor; indigent."
],
"links": [
[
"necessities",
"necessity"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"shelter",
"shelter"
],
[
"poor",
"poor"
],
[
"indigent",
"indigent"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The team came to the rescue of a whale in need."
}
],
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"In distress or otherwise difficult circumstances."
],
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"distress",
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"difficult",
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"circumstances"
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"text": "The house was in need of urgent repairs."
}
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