Conjugaison de need en anglais, définitions, synonymes, expressions : tout ce que vous avez besoin de savoir sur ce verbe se trouve ici ! Note : le verbe need est aussi un verbe modal.
Tableaux de conjugaison de need en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe need à l’indicatif
Le verbe need au present simple
- I need
- You need
- He/she/it needs
- We need
- You need
- They need
Le verbe need au present continuous
- I am needing
- You are needing
- He/she/it is needing
- We are needing
- You are needing
- They are needing
Le verbe need past simple
- I needed
- You needed
- He/she/it needed
- We needed
- You needed
- They needed
Le verbe need au past continuous
- I was needing
- You were needing
- He/she/it was needing
- We were needing
- You were needing
- They were needing
Le verbe need au present perfect
- I have needed
- You have needed
- He/she/it has needed
- We have needed
- You have needed
- They have needed
Le verbe need au present perfect continuous
- I have been needing
- You have been needing
- He/she/it has been needing
- We have been needing
- You have been needing
- They have been needing
Le verbe need au past perfect
- I had needed
- You had needed
- He/she/it had needed
- We had needed
- You had needed
- They had needed
Le verbe need au past perfect continuous
- I had been needing
- You had been needing
- He/she/it had been needing
- We had been needing
- You had been needing
- They had been needing
Le verbe need au future
- I will need
- You will need
- He/she/it will need
- We will need
- You will need
- They will need
Le verbe need au future continuous
- I will be needing
- You will be needing
- He/she/it will be needing
- We will be needing
- You will be needing
- They will be needing
Le verbe need au future perfect
- I will have needed
- You will have needed
- He/she/it will have needed
- We will have needed
- You will have needed
- They will have needed
Le verbe need au future perfect continuous
- I will have been needing
- You will have been needing
- He/she/it will have been needing
- We will have been needing
- You will have been needing
- They will have been needing
Conjugaison du verbe need au conditionnel
Le verbe need au conditional present
- I would need
- You would need
- He/she/it would need
- We would need
- You would need
- They would need
Le verbe need au conditional present continuous
- I would be needing
- You would be needing
- He/she/it would be needing
- We would be needing
- You would be needing
- They would be needing
Le verbe need au conditional perfect
- I would have needed
- You would have needed
- He/she/it would have needed
- We would have needed
- You would have needed
- They would have needed
Le verbe need au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been needing
- You would have been needing
- He/she/it would have been needing
- We would have been needing
- You would have been needing
- They would have been needing
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de need
- to need
Participe présent de need
- needing
Participe passé de need
- needed
L’impératif de need
- need
- let’s need
Définition de need en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe need en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe need.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. To have something, or to want something very much
I think I need some rest.
→ Je pense que j’ai besoin de repos.
2. If you say that someone or something needs something else, you mean that they should have it, or would get an advantage from having it
This car needs repairing.
→ Il faudrait réparer cette voiture.
3. To have to
This software needs to be updated.
→ Ce logiciel doit être mis à jour.
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Les phrasal verbs avec need en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.
Contrairement à d’autres verbes du quotidien, need n’est pas associé à des particules pour former des phrasal verbs. Reportez-vous directement aux synonymes et expressions ci-après !
Les synonymes de need en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to need par l’un des verbes suivants :
- call for → nécessiter, requérir
- covet → convoiter
- crave → brûler d’envie de/avoir un grand besoin de
- demand → exiger/requérir
- desire → désirer
- hanker → rêver de/avoir envie de
- hunger → avoir faim de quelque chose
- lack → manquer de
- long → avoir très envie de/désirer quelque chose
- lust → convoiter/désirer/vouloir
- necessitate → nécessiter
- require → avoir besoin de/falloir
- thirst → avoir soif de quelque chose
- wish → souhaiter/désirer
- yearn → mourir d’envie de faire quelque chose
Expressions avec need en anglais
- a friend in need is a friend indeed → c’est dans le besoin que l’on reconnaît ses amis
- crying need (nom) → grand besoin (familier)
- if need be → si besoin/le cas échéant
- if the need arises → si besoin est, si nécessaire
- in need (adjectif) → dans le besoin/nécessiteux (pour une personne pauvre)
- in sore need (adjectif) → avoir bien besoin de quelque chose
- people in need → personnes (qui sont) dans le besoin
- urgent need (nom) → besoin urgent/urgence