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require Definition

• (v) 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";
• (v) 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"
• (v) make someone do something
• (v) have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

require Synonyms

• ask
• call for
• command
• compel
• demand
• expect
• involve
• necessitate
• need
• postulate
• require
• take
• want