Need

Spanish Meaning

necesidad

falta

adversidad

apuro

carencia

escasez

indigencia

cosa necesaria

requisito

necesitar

exigir

reclamar

English Meaning

  1. A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted: crops in need of water; a 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.
  5. To be under the necessity of or the obligation to: They need not come.
  6. To have need of; require: The family needs money. See Synonyms at lack.
  7. To be in need or want.
  8. To be necessary.