Translation
to need, to require
Examples
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I need you more than ever.
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Do you need money?
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We need more time.
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He needed only one day.
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The child needs to sleep.
is transitive and takes a plain object with no preposition: . Keep it clear of its neighbours. is obligation, must; necesas is the impersonal it-is-necessary; is wanting rather than needing. Esperanto will let you say , and it is fine, though is usually what you mean. The derived noun is bezono, and laŭbezone - as needed - is a neat little adverb that turns up in instructions and rules.
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