OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12374

need

/niːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hacer falta • necesitar • ocupar • precisar • requerir
To have an absolute requirement for.
Living things need water to survive.
You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.
necesitar • tener ganas de
To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and the…
deber • necesitar • ser necesario que • tener que
To be obliged or required (to do something).
I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.