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Forms: need, needs. Meaning: [need in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/). - Tu as **besoin** de moi ici. You **need** me here. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3374124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3374124) [\#3399227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3399227)) - Vous n'avez pas **besoin** de me le dire. “You have no **need** to tell me that. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11295) - Ils répondirent: Le Seigneur en a **besoin**. They said, “The Lord **needs** it.” ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 19:34) - Dès lors, nous avons **besoin** de sanctions efficaces. Therefore, we **need** effective sanctions. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1261522) - BG: Examen des **besoins** économiques. BG: Economic **needs** test. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 319746) ## necessary Used about 22 337 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 122 · UN documents ≈ 18 214). Meaning: [necessary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/necessary/). - --Il faut qu'il puisse au **besoin** repartir le lendemain. “He must be able to set out again on the next day if **necessary**.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4868) - Le président défère au **besoin** la question au président du Tribunal. The President shall if **necessary** refer the matter to the President of the Tribunal. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3237170) - e) Coopération et assistance (suite, au **besoin**); (e) Cooperation and Assistance (continued if **necessary**) ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 24083657) - Au **besoin**, toute mesure supplémentaire de protection des mains doit être indiquée. If **necessary**, any additional hand protection measures shall be indicated. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3632954) - b) Pour gérer selon que de **besoin** une situation d ' urgence touchant la santé publique, à condition : (b) To manage as **necessary** a public health emergency, if: ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5068948) ## support Used about 19 097 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 549 · parliamentary ≈ 334 · UN documents ≈ 18 214). Meaning: [support in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/support/). - À ton âge, tu devrais subvenir à tes **besoins**. At your age you ought to **support** yourself. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#16936](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/16936) [\#474187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474187)) - La Grèce ne peut pas recevoir de subsides, mais elle a **besoin** d'aide pour mettre en œuvre son plan d'épargne et de réforme. Greece cannot be given subsidies, but it wants **support** for implementing its reform and savings plan. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1366025) - c. Fourniture d ' un appui technique en matière de secrétariat au Conseil de tutelle, selon que de **besoin**; c. Provision of secretariat and technical **support** services to the Trusteeship Council, if required; ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 10127776) - Tu es maintenant assez vieux pour subvenir à tes propres **besoins**. You're now old enough to **support** yourself. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7734893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7734893) [\#397258](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/397258)) - D ' autres institutions spécialisées des Nations Unies pourront, au **besoin**, être invitées à apporter un appui dans leurs domaines de compétence. Other specialized agencies of the United Nations system may be invited to provide **support** on their areas of expertise, where relevant. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 29881893) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Marie a dit qu'elle avait **besoin** d'acheter quelque chose à manger. Mary said she needed to buy something to eat. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by calypsow and CF · checked, community translation · [\#6416244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6416244) [\#12420813](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12420813)) - Tu n'as pas **besoin** de te presser. You don't have to hurry. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#19655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19655) [\#833850](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/833850)) - Je n'aurai pas **besoin** de ça. I won't be needing this. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2283616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2283616) [\#2284452](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2284452)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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