growing need
1
2.7
- noun
:
necesidad creciente
- Investments, however, are not keeping pace with these growing needs.
- meet the growing need
- growing need for health promotion
- ever-growing need
Examples
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Is there a growing need for staff and students who drive?
Academic text (2006) -
The National Wellness Association's listing of wellness positions indicates a growing need for health promotion specialists.
Academic text (1992) -
Research suggests that schools must change in order to meet the growing needs of our students.
Academic text (1991) -
The village infrastructure has struggled to meet the constantly growing needs of the inhabitants and visitors.
Academic text (1997) -
Social workers cannot escape the growing need to acquire knowledge and understanding of genetics and genetic conditions.
Academic text (1990) -
According to Alexander, there is a growing need to provide for the health of adolescents.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a growing need for the provision of high-quality travel health services for all patients.
Academic text (2012) -
Faith community nursing is responding to the growing need for intercessors.
Academic text (2006) -
The People's Republic of China is also upgrading its vocational training to handle the ever-growing need for skilled workers.
Academic text (1999) -
Many organizations are recognizing the growing need for mental health services in the community.
Synonyms
687
2.0
Something you need for a particular purpose or situation
397
2.3
A need for something that must be supplied or met
How Necessary
1
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an increasing requirement or demand' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'growing' (becoming larger or increasing) with 'need' (a requirement). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Growing need paints a simple picture of something that keeps getting bigger, like a small plant or a rising pile. The word growing shows increase and the word need is what you must have, so a growing need means a 'demand' or 'requirement' that is getting larger.