needs in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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needs [Brit niːdz, Am nidz] ADV

I.need [Brit niːd, Am nid] VB mod When need is used as a verb meaning to require or to want it is generally translated by avoir besoin de in French: I need help = j'ai besoin d'aide.
When need is used as a verb to mean must or have to it can generally be translated by devoir + infininitive or by il faut que + subjunctive: I need to leave = je dois partir, il faut que je parte.
When need is used as a modal auxiliary in the negative to say that there is no obligation it is generally translated by ne pas être obligé de + infininitive: you needn't finish it today = tu n'es pas obligé de le finir aujourd'hui.
When needn't is used as a modal auxiliary to say that something is not worthwhile or necessary it is generally translated by ce n'est pas la peine de + infininitive or ce n'est pas la peine que + subjunctive: I needn't have hurried = ce n'était pas la peine de me dépêcher or ce n'était pas la peine que je me dépêche.
For examples of the above and further uses of need, see the entry below.

1. need (must, have to):

1. need (require):

parents—who needs them inf!

III.need [Brit niːd, Am nid] N

1. need (necessity):

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to meet sb's needs
j'ai bien besoin de ça inf! iron
that's all I need! iron
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needs in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for needs in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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bodily needs

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needs Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

needs must, must needs form
if he needs me, I'll help him
he needs a bit of a push

needs Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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She is similarly oblivious to the needs of others and thereby often comes off as self-centered and tactless.
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Clearly the government needs to string up these old bludgers.
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The soil of a seedbed needs to be loose and smoothed, without large lumps.
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It needs to be rendered differently again on a PDA, an internet-enabled television and on a mobile phone.
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She says when a farmer can afford to employ casual labour, the worker needs to have good skills and work ethic.
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Non-police users often found the scope's 600 m range limitation and simple crosshairs inadequate for their needs.
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Personas are character sketches which represent a typical member of one customer segment and highlights their needs, goals and behaviors.
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The monks partook in religious duties which were more related to the needs of the ordinary people.
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It suggests that animals are incapable of anticipating future needs, and any future-oriented behaviours they exhibit are either fixed action patterns or cued by their current motivational state.
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So, too, is the external world to the mind; which needs, also, as the condition of its manifestation, its objective correlative.
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