需要 — meaning in English

English meaning

• necessitate verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.

Senses

需要 is used for these senses in English:

• necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
• need (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

necessitate — full definition

1. verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
2. verb To force into a certain course of action; compel.

need — full definition

1. noun A requirement for something essential or important.
2. noun Poverty or lack of basic means of living.
3. verb To require something as essential.
4. verb To be obliged to do something.