нужда́ться — 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.
• require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

нужда́ться is used for these senses in English:

• lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
• need (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
• require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]

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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