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Definition and meaning of require
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require (v. trans.)
1.request urgently and forcefully"The victim's family is demanding compensation" "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately" "She demanded to see the manager"
2.make someone do something
3.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"
4.have need of"This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
5.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"
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Merriam Webster
RequireRe*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ�rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]
1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
Shall I say to Cæsar
What you require of him? Shak.
By nature did what was by law required. Dryden.
2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
Just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith.
The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.
3. To ask as a favor; to request.
I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra viii. 22.
Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.
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Analogical dictionary
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be[Hyper.]
essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite - need, want - needer, wanter - demand, need - a need for, dearth, deficiency, lack, want[Dérivé]
need[Domaine]
require (v. tr.)
avoir besoin de (fr)[Classe]
necessary, needed, needful[Rendre+Attrib.]
demand, requirement - essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite - need, want - demand, need - necessity[Dérivé]
claim, exact, take[Domaine]
require (v. tr.)
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