require

[Re*quire·]

Require means to need. You require food, water, and shelter to live, but do you really require that new pair of high fashion shoes?

...

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Verb
make someone do something

Verb
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"

Verb
have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

Verb
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. 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.


Require

Re*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requrir; 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 C'91sar What you require of him?
By nature did what was by law required.
2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
just gave what life required, and gave no more.
The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.
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.
Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

...

Usage Examples

Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

All great achievements require time.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Misspelled Form

require, erequire, 4require, 5require, trequire, frequire, eequire, 4equire, 5equire, tequire, fequire, reequire, r4equire, r5equire, rtequire, rfequire, rwequire, r3equire, r4equire, rrequire, rsequire, rdequire, rwquire, r3quire, r4quire, rrquire, rsquire, rdquire, rewquire, re3quire, re4quire, rerquire, resquire, redquire, re1quire, re2quire, rewquire, reaquire, re1uire, re2uire, rewuire, reauire, req1uire, req2uire, reqwuire, reqauire, reqyuire, req7uire, req8uire, reqiuire, reqjuire, reqyire, req7ire, req8ire, reqiire, reqjire, requyire, requ7ire, requ8ire, requiire, requjire, requuire, requ8ire, requ9ire, requoire, requjire, requkire, requure, requ8re, requ9re, requore, requjre, requkre, requiure, requi8re, requi9re, requiore, requijre, requikre, requiere, requi4re, requi5re, requitre, requifre, requiee, requi4e, requi5e, requite, requife, requiree, requir4e, requir5e, requirte, requirfe, requirwe, requir3e, requir4e, requirre, requirse, requirde, requirw, requir3, requir4, requirr, requirs, requird, requirew, require3, require4, requirer, requires, required.

Other Usage Examples

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 'is involved' or not (whatever 'is involved' might mean).

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership.

Brigands demand your money or your life women require both.

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Comments


Browse Dictionary