besoin — meaning in English

English meaning

• necessity noun The state of being required or unavoidable.
• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
• require verb To need something as essential.
• requirement noun Something that is necessary or must be met before something else can happen.
• want verb To wish for or desire something.

Senses

besoin is used for these senses in English:

• necessity The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
• need (countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
• 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.
• want (countable) A desire, wish, longing.

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.

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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