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require
[ ri-kwahyuhr ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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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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
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Example Sentences
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
That makes New York the ninth state to require such coverage.
Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.
Bohac said the bill does not require anyone to say “Merry Christmas” if they are not up for it.
The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.
While the test is somewhat tedious, all the manipulations are simple and require no apparatus but flasks, test-tubes, and funnels.
We followed the upland past the end of the Stone till we found a slope that didn't require wings for descent.
Are you quite sure,” asked the missionary pointedly, “that you are supplied with everything else that you require?
The terms law and equity are frequently used in the law books and require explanation.
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