tarvita — meaning in English

English meaning

• lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.

Senses

tarvita is used for these senses in English:

• come in handy (idiomatic, informal) To prove to be useful or helpful.
• lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
• need (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
• need (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
• need (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

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.

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.

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