need Significado & Definição

Significado de need em português

• 0 If you need something, you must have it, and if you need to do something, you must do it. -- precisar (de)

  • I need some new shoes.

  • I need to ask you a few questions.

  • We need you to look after the children for us.

• 1 used in order to say that someone does not have to do something or should not do something -- não precisar fazer algo

  • You don’t need to go.

• 2 If something needs doing or needs to be done, it should be done in order to be better. -- precisar

  • Do these clothes need washing?

• 3 something that is necessary to have or do -- necessidade, carência

  • There’s an urgent need for fresh water.

  • Is there any need to change the system?

• 4 to need something -- precisar de algo

  • My car is in need of repair.

• 5 If there is no need to do something or no need for something, it is not necessary or it is wrong. -- não tem necessidade de (fazer) algo

  • There’s no need to go to the supermarket- there’s plenty of food here.

  • I understand why she was angry, but there was no need to be so rude to him.

• 6 the things you need in order to have a good life -- necessidades

  • her emotional needs

  • A home and food are basic needs.