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ну́жда — meaning in English

nuzhda

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English meaning

  • lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  • necessity noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
  • need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
  • neediness noun The characteristic of being needy.
  • privation noun The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
  • requirement noun Something that is necessary or must be met before something else can happen.
  • want verb To wish for or desire something.

Senses

ну́жда is used for these senses in English:

  • lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
  • necessity The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
  • necessity The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
  • necessity The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
  • need (countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
  • neediness The characteristic of being needy.
  • privation The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
  • requirement A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

lack — full definition

  1. noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  2. verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.

necessity — full definition

  1. noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
  2. noun Something essential; a basic requirement.
  3. noun Extreme need or hardship; poverty.

Related Bulgarian words