need help

need help
   to be incompetent or bankrupt
   Each of us needs and receives help from others in every aspect of our daily lives:
    It says the NEMC and its chief executive, Jennie Page, need help in the running of the project. {Daily Telegraph, 7 January 2000, writing about the New Millennium Experience Company, which was responsible for the ill-fated London Millennium Dome)

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  • help — help1 W1S1 [help] v [: Old English; Origin: helpan] 1.) [I and T] to make it possible or easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work or by giving them something they need ▪ If there s anything I can do to help, just give me a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • need — need1 W1S1 [ni:d] v 1.) [T not in progressive] to have to have something or someone, because you cannot do something without them, or because you cannot continue or cannot exist without them = ↑require ▪ You don t really need a car. ▪ Plants need …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • need — 1 /ni:d/ verb (transitive not in progressive) 1 MUST to feel that you must have something or must do something; require: need sth: That was what I needed strong, hot coffee. | I don t need your approval, thank you very much. | need to do sth: I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • need it yesterday — verb To need something immediately or urgently; to need something that is already late. We need help and we need it yesterday if local government is to remain a viable entity in our society [...] …   Wiktionary

  • Need for Speed: Carbon — European cover art Developer(s) EA Black Box, EA UK Rovio Mobile (mobile) Publisher(s) Electronic Arts …   Wikipedia

  • Help! (álbum) — Help! Álbum de estudio de The Beatles Publicación 6 de agosto de 1965 Grabación EMI Studios, Londres (15 de febrero 17 de junio de 1965) Género(s) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Need (novel series) — Need Cover of Need, the first novel in the series Need Captivate Entice Author Carrie Jones …   Wikipedia

  • help — [help] vt. [ME helpen < OE helpan, akin to Ger helfen < IE base * k̑elb , *k̑elp , to help > early Lith sělbinos, to aid] 1. to make things easier or better for (a person); aid; assist; specif., a) to give (one in need or trouble)… …   English World dictionary

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