Meaning of "need-to-know" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF NEED-TO-KNOW

need-to-know  [ˌniːdtəˈnəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEED-TO-KNOW

Need-To-Know is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NEED-TO-KNOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Need to know

The term "need to know", when used by government and other organizations, describes the restriction of data which is considered very sensitive. Under need-to-know restrictions, even if one has all the necessary official approvals to access certain information, one would not be given access to such information, or read into a clandestine operation, unless one has a specific need to know; that is, access to the information must be necessary for the conduct of one's official duties. As with most security mechanisms, the aim is to make it difficult for unauthorized access to occur, without inconveniencing legitimate access. Need-to-know also aims to discourage "browsing" of sensitive material by limiting access to the smallest possible number of people. The Battle of Normandy in 1944 is an example of a need-to-know restriction. Though thousands of military personnel were involved in planning the invasion, only a small number of them knew the entire scope of the operation; the rest were only informed of data needed to complete a small part of the plan. The same is true of the Trinity project, the first test of a nuclear weapon in 1945.

Definition of need-to-know in the English dictionary

The definition of need-to-know in the dictionary is done or given only when it is essential that someone knows something.

TRANSLATION OF NEED-TO-KNOW

Find out the translation of need-to-know to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of need-to-know from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «need-to-know» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 需要知晓
• Translator English - Spanish: necesita -saber
• English: need-to-know
• Translator English - Hindi: आवश्यकता करने से पता
• Translator English - Arabic: ، تحتاج في المعرفة
• Translator English - Russian: нужно к ноу
• Translator English - Portuguese: precisa de saber
• Translator English - Bengali: জানা দরকার
• Translator English - French: besoin de savoir
• Translator English - Malay: perlu tahu
• Translator English - German: Need-to -know
• Translator English - Japanese: 必要ツーノウハウ
• Translator English - Korean: 알아 두어야 할 사항
• Translator English - Javanese: Kudu ngerti
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cần -to-biết
• Translator English - Tamil: தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்
• Translator English - Marathi: गरज आहे-माहित
• Translator English - Turkish: bilmem gerek
• Translator English - Italian: bisogno di sapere
• Translator English - Polish: trzeba - to-know
• Translator English - Ukrainian: потрібно до ноу
• Translator English - Romanian: nevoie de a cunoaște
• Translator English - Greek: πρέπει να γνωρίζουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: moet -weet
• Translator English - Swedish: behöver - att-veta
• Translator English - Norwegian: trenger -to - know

QUOTES WITH «NEED-TO-KNOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word need-to-know.

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J. August Richards

Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn't officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn't know that I was 'Deathlok.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEED-TO-KNOW»

Discover the use of need-to-know in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to need-to-know and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, ...

With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement -- a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity.

Marcus Buckingham, 2005

All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Canadian Edition

Donald Passman, one of the most trusted music law­yers in the United States, offers his sage advice for creating, selling, sharing, and protecting your music in the Infor­mation Age in this updated Canadian edition of All You Need to Know ...

Donald S. Passman, 2013

Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in ...

A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate.From the Hardcover edition.

Robert Fulghum, 1999

Need to Know: UFOs, the Military and Intelligence

UFOs remain essentially a military and intelligence problem - and one demanding unprecedented security and deception, with access to information on a strictly 'need to know' basis.

Timothy Good, 2012

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book

The lessons they recall are inspiring, instructive, and illuminating. And the books they remember resonate as influential reading choices for families.

Anita Silvey, 2009

50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know

By exploring the subject through its 50 key insights - from the simple (the number one) and the subtle (the invention of zero) to the sophisticated (proving Fermat's last theorem) - this book shows how mathematics has changed the way we ...

Tony Crilly, 2008

1100 Words You Need to Know

A new "Bonus Materials" section commemorates this book's 40th Anniversary as a leader in vocabulary building and test preparation.

Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon, 2008

What Teachers Need to Know about Numeracy

This book explores the issues that are emerging regarding the teaching of these skills, beginning with preschool and the early years of primary school through to adults with poor numeracy skills.

Peter Westwood, 2008

Need to know: social science research methods

The text provides students with a solid grounding in the relevant aspects of the philosophy of science and thoroughly explains the differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Lisa J. McIntyre, 2003

Everything You Need to Know about Teen Suicide

Examines reasons why young people kill themselves, how to recognize when friends are in such trouble, and how to help potential suicide victims.

Jay Schleifer, 1999