Definition of Require

Verb

• have need of
  "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
  want need
• make someone do something
  command
• 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"
  ask expect
• 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"
  necessitate ask postulate need take involve - call for demand

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