require

Found in thesaurus: demand, say, enjoin, tell, order, be

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require
v. demand, claim; need, call for, have need for; order, command; necessitate, compel

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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 postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact
(derivation) requirement, demand
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"
(synonym) ask, expect
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) call
(derivation) requirement, demand
3. make someone do something
(synonym) command, compel
(hypernym) order, tell, enjoin, say
(hyponym) charge, saddle, burden
(derivation) requisition
4. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
(synonym) want, need
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) cry
(derivation) necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary


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require
v. přikazovat; vyžadovat

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require
Czas. potrzebować; wymagać; żądać

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Require
(v. t.)
To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
  
 
(v. t.)
To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
  
 
(v. t.)
To ask as a favor; to request.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About