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re·quire

Audio Help [ri-kwahy^uhr] Pronunciation Key verb, -quired, -quir·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to have need of; need: He requires medical care.

2.	to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent.

3.	to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.

4.	to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience.

5.	to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns.

6.	to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action.

7.	Chiefly British. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock?

–verb (used without object)

8.	to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME requiren < L requīrere, equiv. to re- re- + -quīrere, comb. form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. quest)

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—Related forms

re·quir·a·ble, adjective

re·quir·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See lack. 3. See demand. 6. obligate, necessitate.

—Antonyms 3. forgo.

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tr.v. re·quired, re·quir·ing, re·quires

To have as a requisite; need: Most plants require sunlight.
To call for as obligatory or appropriate; demand. See Synonyms at demand.
To impose an obligation on; compel: Students are required to attend classes.

[Middle English requiren, from Old French requerre, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere, alteration (influenced by quaerere, to seek) of Latin requīrere : re-, re- + quaerere, to seek.]

re·quir'a·ble adj., re·quir'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
require

c.1300, "to ask a question, inquire," from O.Fr. requerre, from V.L. *requærere, from L. requirere "seek to know, ask," from re- "repeatedly" + quærere "ask, seek" (see query). The original sense of this word has been taken over by request. Sense of "demand (someone) to do (something)" is from 1751, via the notion of "to ask for imperatively, or as a right" (1380).

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require
verb
1.	require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate] [ant: eliminate]
2.	consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [syn: ask]
3.	make someone do something [syn: command]
4.	have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" [syn: want]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
require1 [rəˈkwaiə] verb

to need
Example: Is there anything else you require?

Arabic:	يَحْتاج
Chinese (Simplified):	需要
Chinese (Traditional):	需要
Czech:	potřebovat
Danish:	behøve
Dutch:	nodig hebben
Estonian:	vajama
Finnish:	tarvita
French:	avoir besoin de
German:	brauchen
Greek:	χρειάζομαι
Hungarian:	kíván; szükséges
Icelandic:	þurfa
Indonesian:	memerlukan
Italian:	(avere bisogno di)

Japanese:	必要とする
Korean:	필요로 하다
Latvian:	just vajadzību, *nepieciešamību
Lithuanian:	(kam) reikėti
Norwegian:	trenge, behøve
Polish:	potrzebować
Portuguese (Brazil):	precisar
Portuguese (Portugal):	desejar
Romanian:	a avea nevoie de
Russian:	нуждаться
Slovak:	potrebovať
Slovenian:	potrebovati
Spanish:	necesitar, precisar
Swedish:	behöva
Turkish:	istemek, gerekmek

require2 [rəˈkwaiə] verb

to ask, force or order to do something
Example: You are required by law to send your children to school; I will do everything that is required of me.

Arabic:	يَطْلُب، يَتَطَلَّب
Chinese (Simplified):	要求
Chinese (Traditional):	要求
Czech:	požadovat
Danish:	påbyde; kræve
Dutch:	vereisen
Estonian:	nõudma
Finnish:	vaatia
French:	exiger
German:	verlangen
Greek:	απαιτώ
Hungarian:	kér; megkíván; megkövetel
Icelandic:	krefjast
Indonesian:	menuntut
Italian:	richiedere, ordinare

Japanese:	要求する
Korean:	…할 것을 요구하다
Latvian:	prasīt
Lithuanian:	reikalauti
Norwegian:	kreve, forlange, påby
Polish:	nakazać, wymagać
Portuguese (Brazil):	exigir
Portuguese (Portugal):	exigir
Romanian:	a cere, a impune
Russian:	требовать(ся)
Slovak:	požadovať
Slovenian:	zahtevati
Spanish:	exigir
Swedish:	begära, fordra, kräva
Turkish:	istemek, emretmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Require

Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]

1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton.

2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.

3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

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