require
Use Require in a sentence
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.
verb (used without object)
8.
to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.
00:10
Require
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to bark; yelp. |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English requiren < Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. quest)
1300–50; Middle English requiren < Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. quest)
Related forms
re·quir·a·ble, adjective
re·quir·er, noun
non·re·quir·a·ble, adjective
pre·re·quire, verb (used with object), pre·re·quired, pre·re·quir·ing.
qua·si-re·quired, adjective
Antonyms
3. forgo.
3. forgo.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To require
Collins
World English Dictionary
require (rɪˈkwaɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to have need of; depend upon; want |
| 2. | to impose as a necessity; make necessary: this work requires precision |
| 3. | (also intr) to make formal request (for); insist upon or demand, esp as an obligation |
| 4. | to call upon or oblige (a person) authoritatively; order or command: to require someone to account for his actions |
| [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] | |
| 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 | |
| re'quirable | |
| —adj | |
| re'quirer | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Such an act doesn't require a toga, but it does demand a bit of dignity.
However, some in the industry argue that there are biofuel crops that don't require agricultural land.
But compressing the ball makes more ridges, which require more energy to break.
In short, there's a momentum here that will require a generation to reverse.
Related Searches
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
