need

need

lack; requirement; necessity

Not to be confused with:

knead – work dough or clay into a mass; massage

kneed – struck or touched with the knee

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need

 (nēd)

n.

1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved: crops in need of water; a child's need for affection.

2. Something required or wanted; a requisite: "Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues ... shared a common vision in the needs of women" (Olympia Snowe).

3. Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.

4. A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.

v. need·ed, need·ing, needs

v.aux.

To be under the necessity of or the obligation to: They need not come. You needn't be concerned.

v.tr.

1. To have need of; require: The family needs money. We need to get some more paint.

2. To have an obligation (to do something): You need to clean up your room.

3. To be subject (to an action) by obligation: Bags need to be stowed underneath the seat in front of you.

4. To want to be subject to: We don't need another lecture on the subject.

v.intr.

1. To be in need or want.

2. To be necessary.

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[Middle English nede, from Old English nēod, nēd, distress, necessity.]

Usage Note: Depending on the sense, the verb need behaves sometimes like an auxiliary verb (such as can or may) and sometimes like a main verb (such as want or try). When used as a main verb, need agrees with its subject, takes to before the verb following it, and combines with do in questions, negations, and certain other constructions: He needs to go. Does he need to go so soon? He doesn't need to go. When used as an auxiliary verb, need does not agree with its subject, does not take to before the verb following it, and does not combine with do: He needn't go. Need he go so soon? The auxiliary forms of need are used primarily in present-tense questions, negations, and conditional clauses. Unlike can and may, auxiliary need has no form for the past tense like could and might. · When need is used as the main verb, it can be followed by a present participle, as in The car needs washing, or by to be plus a past participle, as in The car needs to be washed. However, in some areas of the United States, especially western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, many speakers omit to be and use just the past participle form, as in The car needs washed. This use of need with past participles is more common in the British Isles, being particularly prevalent in Scotland.

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need

(niːd)

vb

1. (tr) to be in want of: to need money.

2. (tr) to require or be required of necessity (to be or do something); be obliged: to need to do more work.

3. (takes an infinitive without to) used as an auxiliary in negative and interrogative sentences to express necessity or obligation, and does not add -s when used with he, she, it, and singular nouns: need he go?.

4. (intr) archaic to be essential or necessary to: there needs no reason for this.

n

5. the fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something: he has need of a new coat.

6. a requirement: the need for vengeance.

7. necessity or obligation resulting from some situation: no need to be frightened.

8. distress or extremity: a friend in need.

9. extreme poverty or destitution; penury

[Old English nēad, nied; related to Old Frisian nēd, Old Saxon nōd, Old High German nōt]

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need

(nid)

n., v.
auxiliary v., pres. sing. 3rd pers. need. n.

1. a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need to go there.

2. a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary: the needs of the poor.

3. urgent want, as of something requisite: They have need of your charity.

4. necessity arising from existing circumstances: There is need for caution now.

5. a situation or time of difficulty: to help a friend in need.

6. a condition marked by the lack of something requisite: the need for leadership.

7. destitution; extreme poverty: The family's need is acute.

v.t.

8. to have need of; require: to need money.

v.i.

9. to be in need or want.

10. Archaic. to be necessary.

auxiliary v.

11. (used to express obligation or necessity, esp. in interrogative or negative statements): Need I say more?

Idioms:

if need be, should the necessity arise.

[before 900; (n.) Middle English nede, Old English nēd, c. Old Frisian nēd, Old High German nōt (German Not), Old Norse nauth, Gothic nauths; (v.) Middle English neden, Old English nēodian]

need′er, n.

syn: See lack.

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need

Need has the negative forms need not and do not need. The contracted forms needn't and don't need are also used. However, you cannot use all these forms for all meanings of need. This is explained below.

1. used as a transitive verb

If you need something, it is necessary for you to have it.

These animals need food throughout the winter.

He desperately needed money.

For this meaning of need, the negative form is do not need.

You do not need special tools for this job.

I don't need any help, thank you.

I didn't need any further encouragement.

Be Careful!
Don't use a progressive form of 'need'. Don't say, for example, 'We are needing some milk'. Say 'We need some milk'.

2. used as an intransitive verb or modal

If you need to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.

You'll need to work hard to pass this exam.

For an answer to these problems we need to look elsewhere.

You must use to in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'You'll need work hard to pass this exam'.

3. questions and negatives

In negative statements you usually use do not need to. You say, for example, 'He doesn't need to go'. You can also use need not as the negative form. For example, you can say 'He needn't go'. However, this is less common and more formal. Don't say 'He doesn't need go' or 'He needn't to go'.

You don't need to shout.

You needn't talk about it unless you want to.

In questions, you almost always use do and need to. You usually only use need on its own in a few set phrases, such as 'Need I say more?' and 'Need I remind you?'

Do you need to go?

Need I remind you that you owe the company money?

4. 'must not'

If you tell someone that they don't need to or need not do something, you are saying that it is not necessary for them to do it. If you want to say that it is necessary for someone not to do something, don't use 'need'. Instead you use must not or mustn't.

You must not accept it.

We mustn't forget the tickets.

See must

5. talking about the past

If you want to say that it was not necessary for someone to do something at a time in the past, you say that they didn't need to do it or they didn't have to do it. Don't say that they 'needn't' do it.

I didn't need to say anything at all.

Fortunately, she didn't have to choose.

However, in a reporting structure you can use needn't.

They knew they needn't worry about me.

If someone has done something and you want to say that it was not necessary, you can say that they needn't have done it.

I was wondering whether you were eating properly, but I needn't have worried, need I?

6. 'need' with -ing forms

You can use need with an -ing form to say that something should have something done to it. For example, you can say 'The cooker needs cleaning', rather than 'The cooker needs to be cleaned'.

The plan needs improving.

We made a list of things that needed doing.

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need

Past participle: needed
Gerund: needing

Imperative

need

need

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	need - a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" demand condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" necessity - the condition of being essential or indispensable
	2.	need - anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" want essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement - anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
	3.	need - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" motivation, motive psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism life - a motive for living; "pottery was his life" rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic impulse, urge - an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong mental energy, psychic energy - an actuating force or factor
	4.	need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions mendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"
Verb	1.	need - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" necessitate, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
	2.	need - have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" want, require cry - demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for attention" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	need - have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"

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need

verb

1. want, miss, require, lack, have to have, demand He desperately needed money.

2. require, want, demand, call for, entail, necessitate, have occasion to or for The building needs quite a few repairs.

3. have to, be obliged to You needn't bother, I'll do it myself.

noun

1. requirement, demand, essential, necessity, requisite, desideratum the special nutritional needs of children

2. longing, wish, desire, hunger, want The need for revenge kept eating at me.

3. necessity, call, demand, requirement, obligation There's no need to call the police.

4. emergency, want, necessity, urgency, exigency In her moment of need, her mother was nowhere to be seen.

5. poverty, deprivation, destitution, neediness, distress, extremity, privation, penury, indigence, impecuniousness the state of need in Third World countries

in need poor, deprived, disadvantaged, impoverished, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken Food supplies are being sent to people in need.

Quotations
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" [Karl Marx Critique of the Gotha Programme]

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need

noun

1. A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted:

exigence, exigency, necessity.

2. Something indispensable:

condition, essential, must, necessity, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non.

3. Something asked for or needed:

demand, exigence, exigency (often used in plural), want.

4. An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:

burden, charge, commitment, duty, imperative, must, obligation, responsibility.

5. The condition of being extremely poor:

beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.

verb

1. To be required or compelled to do:

must.

Idioms: have got to, have to, must needs.

2. To be without what is needed, required, or essential:

lack, require, want.

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Translations

حَاجَةٌحاجَهحاجَه، فَقْرسَبَب، حاجَهيَجِب، عَلَيْك، بِحاجَه

potřebapotřebovatdůvodmusetnouze

behovbehøvegrundmanglenød

benötigenbrauchenmüssenNotErfordernis

χρειάζομαιανάγκη

necesidadnecesitarprecisarrazónhacer falta

tarvetarvitatäytyä

besoinfalloirnécessitérequériravoir besoin

potrebatrebati

kellszükség

nauîsyn, ástæîaneyî, örbirgîòarfnastòörfverîa, òurfa

aver bisognobisognoesigenzaesigenzeessere necessario

必要必要とする

요구필요하다

egere

be reikalobūti reikalingamnereikalinganereikalingasreikalingumas

būt nepieciešamam, būt nepieciešamībaiiemeslsjust vajadzībunabadzībatrūkums

behoeftenodig hebbenvereisenbehoevenmoeten

trengetrengerbehovbehøveha bruk for

potrzebapotrzebować

necessidadeprecisarnecessitar

cerinţănecesitate

надонуждануждатьсяневолянеобходимо

moratipotrebapotrebovati

behovbehöva

ความต้องการต้องการ

ihtiyaçihtiyacı olmakmuhtaçlıknedensebep

cầnnhu cầu

需要困难必要必需贫穷

need

[niːd]

A. N

1. (= necessity) → necesidad f (for, of de) I see no need → no veo la necesidad
without the need to pay so much → sin necesidad de pagar tanto
staff are always available, in case of need → siempre hay personal disponible en caso de necesidad
there is a need for qualified staff → hay demanda de personal cualificado
there is every need for discretion in this matter → es muy necesario mantener discreción en este asunto
a house in need of painting → una casa que hace falta pintar
to be in need of; have need of; stand in need of → necesitar
when I'm in need of a drink → cuando necesito un trago, cuando me hace falta tomar algo
there's no need to worry → no hay por qué preocuparse
there's no need for you to go → no hace falta or no es preciso que vayas
there's no need for that sort of language! → ¡no hay ninguna necesidad de usar ese vocabulario!, ¡no hace falta usar ese vocabulario!
I have no need of advice → no me hacen falta consejos, no necesito consejos
in times of need → en momentos de apuro or necesidad
see also needs

2. (= poverty) → necesidad f, indigencia f
to be in need → estar necesitado

3. (= thing needed) → necesidad f
the needs of industry → las necesidades de la industria
my needs are few → es poco lo que necesito
bodily needs → necesidades fpl corporales
a holiday that caters for every need → unas vacaciones que satisfacen todas las necesidades
they tended to my every need → procuraban que no me faltase de nada
to supply sb's needs → proveer lo que necesita algn

B. VT

1. [person] → necesitar
I need a bigger car → necesito or me hace falta un coche más grande
I need two more to make up the series → me faltan dos para completar la serie
I need to get some petrol → tengo que echar gasolina
she needs to go to the toilet → tiene que ir al servicio or (LAm) al baño
he needs to be told everything twice → hay que decírselo todo dos veces
they don't need to be told all the details → no es preciso or no hace falta contarles todos los detalles
you only needed to ask → tenía más que pedírmelo
he needs watching → hay que vigilarlo
that's all I need!, that's just what I need! (iro) → ¡sólo me faltaba eso! (iro), ¡lo que me faltaba! (iro)
it's just what I needed → es precisamente lo que necesitaba
I need this like I need a hole in the head → esto es lo último que necesitaba
a much needed holiday → unas vacaciones muy necesarias
he needed no asking → no se hizo de rogar
who needs more motorways? → ¿para qué queremos más autopistas?

2. (= require) [+ concentration, effort, skill] → requerir
it needs care → requiere cuidado
a visa is needed → se requiere un visado
this room needs painting → este cuarto hay que or hace falta pintarlo
I gave it a much needed wash → le di un buen lavado, que era lo que necesitaba
the report needs no comment → el informe no deja lugar a comentarios
this will need some explaining → no va a ser fácil explicar esto

3. (impersonal) it doesn't need to be done now → no hace falta hacerlo ahora
it doesn't need me to tell him → no hace falta que yo se lo diga
it needed a war to alter that → fue necesaria una guerra para cambiar eso

C. AUX VB need I go? → ¿es necesario que vaya?, ¿tengo que ir?
I need hardly remind you that → no hace falta que les recuerde que ...
need I say that this is untrue? → ni que decir tiene que esto no es cierto
it need not follow that → lo que no significa necesariamente que ...
I needn't have bothered → fue trabajo perdido

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need

[ˈniːd]

n

(= necessity) → besoin m
to feel the need to do sth → ressentir le besoin de faire qch
to be in need of sth [person] → avoir besoin de qch
vulnerable children who are in need of help → des enfants vulnérables qui ont besoin d'aide
The law is in need of revision → La loi a besoin d'être révisée.
in case of need → en cas de besoin
there's no need (= it's not necessary) → pas besoin
"I'll wipe the dishes." - "There's no need." → "Je vais essuyer la vaisselle." - "Pas besoin"
There's no need for that → Il n'y a pas besoin de ça.
There's no need for us to finish this today → Nous n'avons pas besoin de finir ça aujourd'hui.
to have no need to do sth → ne pas avoir besoin de faire qch
He has no need to work → Il n'a pas besoin de travailler.
there's no need to do ... → il n'y a pas besoin de faire ..., il n'est nul besoin de faire ...
There's no need to shout → Il n'y a pas besoin de crier.
All right, no need to shout → D'accord, pas besoin de crier.
There's no need to get so upset
BUT Il n'y a pas de quoi se mettre dans des états pareils.
to answer a need → répondre à un besoin
These groups are obviously answering a need → Il est évident que ces groupes répondent à un besoin.
there's a need for → il y a un besoin de
There's a need for more information → Il y a un besoin de plus d'information.
if need be (= if necessary) → si besoin est
Boil for 6 hours, topping up the water if need be → Faites bouillir pendant six heures, en remettant de l'eau si besoin est.

(= poverty) → le besoin m
to be in need (= poor) → être dans le besoin
children in need → les enfants dans le besoin needs

npl [person] → besoins mpl; [industry, country] → besoins mpl
You never consider my needs → Tu ne prends jamais mes besoins en compte.
to meet sb's needs → pourvoir aux besoins de qn
£100 will meet my immediate needs → 100 livres pourvoiront à mes besoins immédiats.
emotional needs → besoins émotionnels

vt

(= require) [person] → avoir besoin de
I need a bigger size → J'ai besoin d'une plus grande taille.
You need glasses → Tu as besoin de lunettes.
I need a holiday → J'ai besoin de vacances.
to need to do sth → avoir besoin de faire qch
I need to change some money → J'ai besoin de changer de l'argent.
to need looking after
He needs looking after → Il a besoin qu'on s'occupe de lui.
who needs it? (suggesting sth is unnecessary or not useful) → à quoi ça sert?

(= be due for)
The car needs a service → La voiture a besoin d'une révision.
The car needs servicing → La voiture a besoin d'être révisée.
The garden needs tidying → Le jardin a besoin d'être nettoyé.

(conveying obligation)
You don't need to go → Vous n'êtes pas obligé de partir.
You don't need to be a doctor to see he's ill → Il n'y a pas besoin d'être docteur pour voir qu'il est malade
a signature is needed → il faut une signature

modal aux vb (= have to)
He needn't know I'm here → Il n'a pas besoin de savoir que je suis ici.
Come along, Mother, we needn't take up any more of Mr Kemp's time → Venez Mère, nul besoin d'abuser encore du temps de M. Kemp.
"Need I stay?" - "No, you needn't." → "Dois-je rester?" - "Non, c'est inutile."
I needn't add that ... → nul besoin d'ajouter que ...
I needn't add that if you fail to do as I ask, you will suffer the consequences → Nul besoin d'ajouter que si vous ne faisiez pas ce que je vous demande, vous en souffririez les conséquences.
I needn't have worried → Je n'avais pas lieu de m'inquiéter.
Need I say more? → Est-il besoin d'en dire plus?

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need

n

no pl (= necessity) → Notwendigkeit f (→ for +gen); if need be → nötigenfalls, wenn nötig; in case of need → notfalls, im Notfall; (there is) no need for something → etw ist nicht nötig; (there is) no need to do something → etw braucht nicht or muss nicht unbedingt getan werden; there is no need for somebody to do something → jd braucht etw nicht zu tun; there is no need for tears → du brauchst nicht zu weinen; there was no need to send it immediately → es war nicht nötig, es sofort zu schicken; there’s no need to get angry → du brauchst nicht gleich wütend zu werden; to be (badly) in need of something (person) → etw (dringend) brauchen; those most in need of help → diejenigen, die Hilfe am nötigsten brauchen; to be in need of repair → reparaturbedürftig sein; to be in need of an overhaul → (dringend) überholt werden müssen; this window is in need of a coat of paint → dieses Fenster könnte ein wenig Farbe gut gebrauchen; to have no need of something → etw nicht brauchen; to have no need to do something → etw nicht zu tun brauchen

no pl (= misfortune) → Not f; in time(s) of need → in schwierigen Zeiten, in Zeiten der Not; do not fail me in my hour of need (usu iro) → verlass mich nicht in der Stunde der Not

no pl (= poverty) → Not f; to be in great need → große Not leiden; those in need → die Notleidenden pl, → die Not Leidenden pl

(= requirement) → Bedürfnis nt; the body’s need for oxygen → das Sauerstoffbedürfnis des Körpers; my needs are few → ich stelle nur geringe Ansprüche; a list of all your needs → eine Aufstellung all dessen, was Sie brauchen; your need is greater than mine → Sie haben es nötiger als ich; there is a great need for … → es besteht ein großer Bedarf an (+dat) → …; investment is one of the firm’s greatest needs → die Firma braucht dringend Investitionen

vt

(= require) → brauchen; he needed no second invitation → man musste ihn nicht zweimal bitten; to need no introduction → keine spezielle Einführung brauchen; much needed → dringend notwendig; what I need is a good drink → ich brauche etwas zu trinken; just what I needed → genau das Richtige; that’s/you’re all I needed (iro) → das hat/du hast mir gerade noch gefehlt; this incident needs some explanation → dieser Vorfall bedarf einer Erklärung (gen); it needs a service/a coat of paint/careful consideration → es muss gewartet/gestrichen/gründlich überlegt werden; is a visa needed to enter the USA? → braucht man für die Einreise in die USA ein Visum?; it needed a revolution to change that → es bedurfte einer Revolution, um das zu ändern; it needed an accident to make him drive carefully → er musste erst einen Unfall haben, bevor er vernünftig fuhr

(in verbal constructions) something needs doing or to be done → etw muss gemacht werden; he needs watching/cheering up → man muss ihn beobachten/aufheitern, er muss beobachtet/aufgeheitert werden; to need to do something (= have to) → etw tun müssen; not to need to do something → etw nicht zu tun brauchen; he doesn’t need to be told → man braucht es ihm nicht zu sagen; you shouldn’t need to be told → das müsste man dir nicht erst sagen müssen; it doesn’t need me to tell you that → das brauche ich dir ja wohl nicht zu sagen; she needs to have everything explained to her → man muss ihr alles erklären

vb aux

(indicating obligation: in positive contexts) → müssen; need he go? → muss er gehen?; need I say more? → mehr brauche ich ja wohl nicht zu sagen; I need hardly say that … → ich brauche wohl kaum zu erwähnen, dass …; no-one need go or needs to go home yet → es braucht noch keiner nach Hause zu gehen; you only needed (to) ask → du hättest nur (zu) fragen brauchen; one need only look → ein Blick genügt

(indicating obligation: in negative contexts) → brauchen; you needn’t wait → du brauchst nicht (zu) warten; we needn’t have come/gone → wir hätten gar nicht kommen/gehen brauchen; I/you needn’t have bothered → das war nicht nötig

(indicating logical necessity) need that be true? → ist das notwendigerweise wahr?; that needn’t be the case → das muss nicht unbedingt der Fall sein; it need not follow that … → daraus folgt nicht unbedingt, dass …

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need

[niːd]

1. n

a. (necessity, obligation) → bisogno, necessità f inv
if need(s) be → se necessario
in case of need → in caso di bisogno or necessità
there's no need to worry → non c'è bisogno di preoccuparsi
there's no need for you to come too → non c'è bisogno or non occorre che venga anche tu
what need is there to buy it? → che bisogno c'è di comprarlo?

b. (want, lack) → bisogno; (poverty) → povertà, bisogno
to be in need of, to have need of → aver bisogno di
she felt in need of a friend → sentiva il bisogno di un amico
there's a great need for a book on this subject → c'è molto bisogno di un libro su questo argomento
in times of need → nei momenti difficili
to be in need → essere bisognoso/a

c. (thing needed) → bisogno, necessità f inv
£100 will meet my immediate needs → 100 sterline mi basteranno per le necessità più urgenti
his needs are few → non ha grosse esigenze
the needs of industry → le esigenze dell'industria

2. vt → aver bisogno di
he needs money → ha bisogno di soldi, gli occorrono soldi
I need it → ne ho bisogno, mi serve
it's just what I need → è proprio quel che mi ci vuole
a signature is needed → occorre or ci vuole una firma
a much needed holiday → una vacanza di cui si ha proprio bisogno
all that you need → tutto ciò che occorre
he doesn't need me to tell him what to do → non c'è bisogno che sia io a dirgli cosa deve fare
he needs watching or to be watched → va tenuto d'occhio
this book needs careful reading → questo libro richiede un'attenta lettura
the report needs no comment → il rapporto non ha bisogno di commenti
he needs to have everything explained to him → bisogna spiegargli proprio tutto
he doesn't need to be told all the details → non c'è bisogno di or non occorre dirgli tutti i particolari
you only needed to ask → bastava che lo chiedessi
it needed a war to alter things → c'è voluta una guerra per cambiare le cose

3. modal aux vb need I go? → devo (proprio) andarci?
I need hardly tell you that ... → non c'è bisogno che io le dica or di dirle che...
I need to do it → bisogna che io lo faccia, lo devo fare
you don't need to go → non c'è bisogno che or non è necessario che tu vada, non devi andare per forza
you needn't wait → non c'è bisogno che or non è necessario che aspetti
you needn't have bothered to come → non occorreva che venissi
it need not be done now → non c'è bisogno di farlo ora
it need not follow that ... → non ne consegue necessariamente che... + sub

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need

(niːd) – negative short form needn't (ˈniːdnt) – verb

1. to require. This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help? nodig يَحْتاج трябва (ми) precisar potřebovat benötigen behøve; mangle χρειάζομαι, έχω ανάγκηnecesitar vajama لازم داشتن tarvita avoir besoin deצריך, זקוק जरूरत होना trebati szüksége van (vkire, vmire) memerlukan þarfnast avere bisogno di ～の必要がある 필요하다 būti reikalingam, (kam) reikėti vajadzēt; just vajadzību perlu nodig hebbentrenge, behøve, ha bruk forwymagać, potrzebować اړه لرل precisar a avea nevoie de нуждаться potrebovať potrebovati biti potreban behöva จำเป็น gerektirmek, ihtiyacı olmak 需要 потребувати ضرورت ہونا cần 需要

2. to be obliged. You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present. moet, hoef يَجِب، عَلَيْك، بِحاجَه има/няма нужда precisar muset müssen skulle; behøve χρειάζεται να, πρέπει ναhacer falta pidama نیاز داشتن tarvita avoir besoin de, falloirמוכרח जरूरत, आवश्यकता morati kell harus verða, þurfa dovere, avere bisogno di ～しなければならない 의무가 있다 privalėti, turėti būt nepieciešamam, būt nepieciešamībai keperluan hoevenmåtte, trenge, behøvemusieć نيازلرل precisar a trebui, a fi cazul быть вынужденным, должным musieť morati morati vara tvungen, behöva จำเป็น zorunda olmak, gerekmek 必需 бути зобов'язаним مطلوب ہونا buộc phải 必需

noun

1. something essential, that one must have. Food is one of our basic needs. behoefte حاجَه потребности necessidade potřeba dringende Notwendigkeit behov ανάγκη, αναγκαιότηταnecesidad vajadus نیاز tarve besoinצורך जरूरत nužda, potreba szükség(let) kebutuhan þörf bisogno 必要 필요한 것 reikmė, poreikis vajadzība[] keperluan behoeftebehovpotrzeba هيله،لړه necessidade nevoie потребность potreba potreba potreba behov ความต้องการ ihtiyaç, gereksinme 需要 потреба ضرورت nhu cầu 需要

2. poverty or other difficulty. Many people are in great need. behoeftig حاجَه، فَقْر нищета necessidade nouze die Not nød ένδεια, δύσκολη θέση necesidad puudus احتیاج köyhyys besoinמצוקה कर्त्तव्य siromaštvo, oskudica nehéz helyzet kemiskinan neyð, örbirgð bisogno 貧困 곤란한 사태 skurdas, nelaimė trūkums; nabadzība keperluan gebreknødbieda احتياج،اړه necessidade nevoie нужда núdza pomanjkanje poteškoća nöd สิ่งจำเป็น yoksulluk, muhtaçlık 貧窮，困難 нестаток, нужда محتاجي tình cảnh túng thiếu 贫穷，困难

3. a reason. There is no need for panic. rede سَبَب، حاجَه причина necessidade důvod der Grund grund λόγοςmotivo, razón vajadus لازم بودن syy besoinסיבה तंगहाली nema potrebe ok alasan nauðsyn, ástæða bisogno, motivo 理由 필요성 priežastis, reikalas iemesls sebab redengrunnpowód لازم ګڼل necessidade motiv надобность; основание dôvod potreba razlog anledning เหตุผล neden, sebep 必要 потреба وجہ cần thiết 必要

ˈneedless adjective, adverb

unnecessary. You are doing a lot of needless work; Needless to say, he couldn't do it. onnodig, nodeloos غَيْر ضَروري излишен desnecessário zbytečný unnötig unødvendig(t) άσκοπος, περιττόςinnecesario tarbetu بی نیاز tarpeeton inutileמיותר निष्प्रयोजन nepotreban, suvišan szükségtelen tidak perlu ónauðsynlegur, óþarfur inutile 必要のない 불필요한 nereikalinga(s) lieks; nevajadzīgs tidak perlu overbodig unødig, unødvendig; selvfølgeligzbędny بى نيازه desnecessário inutil ненужныи; излишне zbytočný odveč nepotreban onödig, överflödig ไม่จำเป็น gereksiz, lüzumsuz 不必要的 непотрібний; зайвий بے ضرورت không cần 不必要的

ˈneedlessly adverb

onnodig بِدون ضَرورَه безполезно desnecessariamente zbytečně unnötig unødvendigt χωρίς λόγο inútilmente tarbetult بطور غیر ضروری tarpeettomasti inutilement לְלא צוֹרֶך अनिवार्य रूप से bez potrebe, suvišno fölöslegesen secara tidak perlu óþarflega inutilmente 不必要に 불필요하게 be reikalo lieki; nevajadzīgi tanpa perlu overbodigunødig; selvfølgelig zbędnie په غير ضرورى توګه desnecessariamente inutil бесполезно zbytočne odveč nepotrebno onödigt อย่างไม่จำเป็น gereksiz olarak 無需 непотрібно غير ضروري طور پر một cách vô ích 不必要地，无用地

ˈneedy adjective

poor. You must help needy people. behoeftig, arm مُحْتاج، فَقير، مَعْوِز бедстващ necessitado chudý bedürftig trængende φτωχόςnecesitado puudustkannatav نیازمند köyhä nécessiteuxנצרך निर्धन siromašan szegény miskin þurfandi; nauðstaddur bisognoso 貧困な 궁핍한 skurstantis, vargstantis trūcīgs memerlukan hulpbehoevendtrengende, nødlidendeubogi نيازمين necessitado sărac нуждающийся biedny reven siromašan behövande, nödlidande ขัดสน yoksul, fakir, muhtaç 貧窮的 нужденний; бідний ضرورت مند nghèo túng 贫穷的

a need for

a lack of; a requirement for. There is an urgent need for teachers in this city. behoefte نَقْص، حاجَه нужда от necessidade de potřeba ein dringender Bedarf an behov for έλλειψη, ανάγκη falta de puudus (millestki) لازم بودن tarve besoin de צוֹרֶך בְ अकिचन, जरूरतमंद potreba szükség van (vmire) kekurangan þörf á, skortur á bisogno di 不足 reikalingumas, stygius vajadzība keperluan behoefte aan et behov forbrak اړه لرل precisão ne­voie de нехватка; потребность potreba potreba po potražnja ett behov av ต้องการเพื่อ ihtiyaç, gereksinim 缺少... нужда, потреба کي ضرورت sự cần thiết 缺少...

in need of

requiring; having a lack of. We're in need of more money; You're badly in need of a haircut. benodig بِحاجَه إلى нуждая се precisando de mít potřebu etwas dringend brauchen trænge til μου χρειάζεται necesitar puuduses, vajaduses ضرورت puute besoin de זקוק ל-, צריך की आवश्यकता होना trebati rászorul memerlukan vanta, þarfnast necessità di, ～を必要として 필요한 (kam) reikėti izjust vajadzību/nepieciešamību perlukan nodig hebbend trenge, ha behov for w potrzebie, odczuwający brak ضرورى،اړين a precisar de nevoie de нуждаться potrebovať potreben biti potreban i behov av ต้องการ ihtiyacında olmak 需要... такий, що потребує کا احتياج ہونا đang cần 需要...

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need

→ حَاجَةٌ, يَحَتاجُ إِلَى potřeba, potřebovat behov, behøve Bedürfnis, brauchen ανάγκη, χρειάζομαι necesidad, necesitar tarve, tarvita avoir besoin, besoin potreba, trebati aver bisogno, esigenza 必要, 必要とする 요구, 필요하다 behoefte, nodig hebben behov, trenge potrzeba, potrzebować necessidade, precisar необходимый элемент, нуждаться behov, behöva ความต้องการ, ต้องการ gerek duymak, ihtiyaç cần, nhu cầu 需求, 需要

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

need

n. necesidad;

a person in ___ → un-a necesitado-a;

vt. necesitar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• We need a second key → إِنَّنا في حَاجَةٍ إِلَى مِفْتاحٍ آخر → Potřebujeme ještě jeden klíč → Vi skal bruge en ekstra nøgle → Wir brauchen einen zweiten Schlüssel → Χρειαζόμαστε δεύτερο κλειδί → Necesitamos una segunda llave → Tarvitsemme toisen avaimen → Il nous faut une deuxième clé → Treba nam drugi ključ → Abbiamo bisogno di una seconda chiave → 鍵がもう一つ必要です → 보조 열쇠가 필요해요 → We hebben een tweede sleutel nodig → Vi trenger en ekstra nøkkel → Potrzebujemy klucz zapasowy → Nós precisamos de uma segunda chave → Нам нужен второй ключ → Vi behöver en extranyckel → เราอยากได้กุญแจดอกที่สอง → Yedek bir anahtar istiyoruz → Chúng tôi cần một chìa khóa nữa → 我们还需要一把钥匙
• We need more dishes (US)
  We need more crockery (UK) → نَحْنُ في حاجَةٍ إِلَى الـمَزِيدِ مِنْ أَواني الطهي → Potřebujeme více nádobí → Vi har brug for mere køkkentøj → Wir brauchen mehr Geschirr → Χρειαζόμαστε κι άλλα πιάτα → Necesitamos más vajilla → Tarvitsemme lisää astioita → Il nous faut plus de vaisselle → Treba nam još pribora za jelo → Abbiamo bisogno di altre stoviglie → 食器がもっと必要です → 그릇이 더 필요해요 → We hebben meer serviesgoed nodig → Vi trenger mer servise → Potrzebujemy więcej naczyń → Nós precisamos de mais louças → Нам нужна еще посуда → Vi behöver fler tallrikar och bestick → เราอยากได้เครื่องถ้วยชามเพิ่มอีก → Daha fazla tabak çanağa ihtiyacımız var → Chúng tôi cần thêm bát đĩa → 我们还需要几件炊具
• We need more sheets → نَحْنُ في حَاجَةٍ إِلى الـمَزِيدِ مِنْ الـمَفارِشِ → Potřebujeme více prostěradel → Vi har brug for flere lagener → Wir brauchen mehr Bettlaken → Χρειαζόμαστε κι άλλα σεντόνια → Necesitamos más sábanas → Tarvitsemme lisää lakanoita → Il nous faut plus de draps → Treba nam više plahti → Abbiamo bisogno di altre lenzuola → シーツがもっと必要です → 시트가 더 필요해요 → We hebben meer lakens nodig → Vi trenger flere lakener → Potrzebujemy więcej prześcieradeł → Nós precisamos de mais lençóis → Нам нужны еще простыни → Vi behöver fler lakan → เราอยากได้ผ้าปูที่นอนเพิ่มอีก → Daha fazla çarşafa ihtiyacımız var → Chúng tôi cần thêm khăn trải giường → 我们还需要几张床单
• We need more blankets → نَحْنُ بحاجَةٍ للمَزِيدِ مِنْ البَطَّانياتِ → Potřebujeme více přikrývek → Vi har brug for flere tæpper → Wir brauchen mehr Decken → Χρειαζόμαστε κι άλλες κουβέρτες → Necesitamos más mantas → Tarvitsemme lisää peitteitä → Il nous faut plus de couvertures → Treba nam više pokrivača → Abbiamo bisogno di altre coperte → 毛布がもっと必要です → 담요가 더 필요해요 → We hebben meer dekens nodig → Vi trenger flere tepper → Potrzebujemy więcej koców → Nós precisamos de mais cobertores → Нам нужны еще одеяла → Vi behöver fler täcken → เราต้องการผ้าห่มเพิ่มอีก → Daha fazla battaniyeye ihtiyacımız var → Chúng tôi cần thêm chăn → 我们还需要几个毯子

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need

n necesidad f special needs necesidades especiales; vt necesitar, hacer(le) falta (a uno); You need iron..Necesita hierro..Le hace falta hierro.

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