Meaning
to need, require
- to need, require, or demand (something); to be in need of
In a sentence
Questo complesso progetto necessita di ulteriori verifiche tecniche.
This complex project requires further technical checks.
La proposta di legge non necessita di modifiche immediate.
The bill does not require immediate amendments.
Il paziente necessita forse di un nuovo intervento chirurgico?
Does the patient perhaps require another surgical procedure?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| necessitare | infinitive |
| necessito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| necessiti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| necessita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| necessitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| necessitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| necessitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| necessitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| necessitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| necessitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| necessitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| necessitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| necessitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| necessitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| necessitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| necessitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| necessiterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| necessiterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| necessiterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| necessiteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| necessiterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| necessiteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| necessiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| necessiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| necessiti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| necessitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| necessitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| necessitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| necessitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| necessitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| necessitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| necessitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| necessiterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| necessiteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| necessiterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| necessiteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| necessitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| necessiterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| necessita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| necessitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| necessitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| necessitando | gerund |
| necessitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: prefer 'avere bisogno di' or 'servire' in everyday spoken Italian.
- Can be transitive ('necessitare qc') or intransitive with 'di' ('necessitare di qc').