必要 — meaning in English
bì yào
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English meaning
- require verb To need something as essential.
- requirement noun Something that is necessary or must be met before something else can happen.
Senses
必要 is used for these senses in English:
- require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]
- 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.
require — full definition
- verb To need something as essential.
- verb To officially demand that someone do something.