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require
[ ri-kwahyuhr ]
verb (used with object)
, re·quired, re·quir·ing.
- to have need of; need:
He requires medical care.
- to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something:
to require an agent to account for money spent.
- to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.
Antonyms: forgo
- to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable:
The work required infinite patience.
- to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain:
The law requires annual income-tax returns.
- to place under an obligation or necessity:
The situation requires me to take immediate action.
Synonyms: necessitate, obligate
- Chiefly British. to desire; wish to have:
Will you require tea at four o'clock?
verb (used without object)
, re·quired, re·quir·ing.
- to demand; impose obligation:
to do as the law requires.
require
/ rɪˈkwaɪə /
verb
- to have need of; depend upon; want
- to impose as a necessity; make necessary
this work requires precision
- also intr to make formal request (for); insist upon or demand, esp as an obligation
- to call upon or oblige (a person) authoritatively; order or command
to require someone to account for his actions
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Usage
The use of require to as in I require to see the manager or you require to complete a special form is thought by many people to be incorrect: I need to see the manager; you are required to complete a special form
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Derived Forms
- reˈquirable, adjective
- reˈquirer, noun
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Other Words From
- re·quira·ble adjective
- re·quirer noun
- nonre·quira·ble adjective
- prere·quire verb (used with object) prerequired prerequiring
- quasi-re·quired adjective
- unre·quired adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of require1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English requiren, from Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- ( def ) + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere “to seek, search for”; quest ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of require1
C14: from Old French requerre , from Vulgar Latin requaerere (unattested) to seek after, from Latin requīrere to seek to know, but also influenced by quaerere to seek
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Synonym Study
See demand.
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