English Conjugation 🇬🇧

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To need in English

Regular verb
need, needed, needed

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I need
  • you need
  • he needs
  • we need
  • you need
  • they need

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am needing
  • you are needing
  • he is needing
  • we are needing
  • you are needing
  • they are needing

Past (simple)

  • I needed
  • you needed
  • he needed
  • we needed
  • you needed
  • they needed

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was needing
  • you were needing
  • he was needing
  • we were needing
  • you were needing
  • they were needing

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have needed
  • you have needed
  • he has needed
  • we have needed
  • you have needed
  • they have needed

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been needing
  • you have been needing
  • he has been needing
  • we have been needing
  • you have been needing
  • they have been needing

Past perfect

  • I had needed
  • you had needed
  • he had needed
  • we had needed
  • you had needed
  • they had needed

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been needing
  • you had been needing
  • he had been needing
  • we had been needing
  • you had been needing
  • they had been needing

Future

  • I will need
  • you will need
  • he will need
  • we will need
  • you will need
  • they will need

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be needing
  • you will be needing
  • he will be needing
  • we will be needing
  • you will be needing
  • they will be needing

Future perfect

  • I will have needed
  • you will have needed
  • he will have needed
  • we will have needed
  • you will have needed
  • they will have needed

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been needing
  • you will have been needing
  • he will have been needing
  • we will have been needing
  • you will have been needing
  • they will have been needing

Conditional

Simple

  • I would need
  • you would need
  • he would need
  • we would need
  • you would need
  • they would need

Progressive

  • I would be needing
  • you would be needing
  • he would be needing
  • we would be needing
  • you would be needing
  • they would be needing

Perfect

  • I would have needed
  • you would have needed
  • he would have needed
  • we would have needed
  • you would have needed
  • they would have needed

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been needing
  • you would have been needing
  • he would have been needing
  • we would have been needing
  • you would have been needing
  • they would have been needing

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to need

Imperative

Imperative

  • need
  • Let's need

Examples of conjugation of the verb To need

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne needs Horatio Oléré by his side at every major Delavigne Corporation board meeting, no exceptions.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is needing more and more courage each year before the running of the bulls in Pamplona.
Indicative Past (simple): After his grandfather Xavier's death, Bruno needed something to hold onto, and perfume-making became his anchor.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: The San Francisco staff was needing clearer instructions on the new fragrance fire prevention protocol when Bruno walked into the room.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): Horatio Oléré has always needed to remind the CEO that not every business meeting requires a surfboard in the background.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been needing a proper vacation for months, but every time he books one, Pamplona or a Delavigne crisis intervenes.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time he expanded his grandfather's tiny Montmartre shop into a corporation, Bruno had needed every ounce of resilience he possessed.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation interns had been needing a strong leader for years before Bruno finally stepped in and reorganized the entire department.
Indicative Future: The grandson of Xavier will need a reliable co-pilot if he plans to surf the big waves off the San Francisco coast this winter.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: By next spring, Bruno will be needing a whole new wardrobe — the Pamplona mud tends to ruin everything he wears.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time the Delavigne Corporation launches its new eco-friendly fragrance line, Bruno will have needed every environmental ally he has ever made.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By his next birthday, the San Francisco surfer will have been needing a new surfboard for a full year — Horatio has already ordered one in secret.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would need at least three assistants to manage his schedule if he added another exotic locale to his annual travel circuit.
Conditional Progressive: Without Horatio's steady hand at the Delavigne Corporation, the perfumer would be needing a miracle to keep the business afloat.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have needed far more time to rebuild after his accident if Xavier's legacy had not given him such fierce determination.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without the fragrance fire prevention campaign, the CEO would have been needing a damage-control team every other month.
Imperative Imperative: « Need no permission to speak your mind here, » Bruno tells the new hire at the Delavigne Corporation on her very first day.

Translation

Français

  • avoir besoin

Deutsch

  • brauchen

Español

  • necesitar

Italiano

  • avere bisogno di

Português

  • precisar

Nederlands

  • nodig hebben

中文

  • 需要

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