Definizione monolingua

need

need (third-person singular simple present needs, present participle needing, simple past and past participle needed)

1. (obsolete) To be necessary (to someone).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:

     More ample spirit, then hitherto was wount, / Here needes me [...].

2. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

   Living things need water to survive.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

3. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

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

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

   You need not go if you dont want to.

need (plural needs)

1. (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something.

   Theres no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.

   She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.

   Our needs are not being met.

2. Something required.

   Ive always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.

Definizione dizionario need

	aver bisogno di
	to have an absolute requirement for

	bisogno
	something needed

	necessità
	Esigenza, bisogno incontrollabile di avere qualche cosa.
	The fact or an instance of feeling the lack of something.

	aver bisogno
	Aver bisogno, necessitare di qualcosa.
	To feel that something is necessary and that one must get it.

	esigenza
	Avere bisogno di una certa quantità di qualche cosa, ma non averne abbastanza o per niente.
	To need a number or amount of something, but not having enough or any at all.

	fabbisogno
	Ciò che occorre per soddisfare un bisogno.
	What is necessary to satisfy a need.

abbisognare

	essere
	to be obliged to

	necessitare
	Aver bisogno, necessitare di qualcosa.
	To feel that something is necessary and that one must get it.

	obbligato
	to be obliged to

	richiedere
	Aver bisogno, necessitare di qualcosa.
	To feel that something is necessary and that one must get it.

aver

avere bisogno

avere bisogno di

bisognare

dovere

essere obbligato a

indigenza

mancare

occorrenza

occorrere

povertà

reclamare

richiesta

uopo

usare

volere

Altri significati:

(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something.

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

(usu. in negative form) to depend on

to want strongly

To need a number or amount of something, but not having any at all.

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

(to) need

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

Something required.

(obsolete) To be necessary (to someone).