needed

To have an absolute requirement for.

“Living things need water to survive.”

To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

“After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.”

(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

“You need not go if you don't want to.”

To be required; to be necessary.

To be necessary (to someone).

Necessary; being required.

“A much-needed rest.”