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require
(r/I/'kw/aI//-/r )

verb (v)

  • require as useful, just, or proper(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Success usually requires hard work.
    source: wordnet30
  • consider obligatory; request and expect(verb.communication)
    Example:
    We require our secretary to be on time.
    Synonym:
    ask, expect
    source: wordnet30
  • make someone do something(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    command
    source: wordnet30
  • have need of(verb.consumption)
    Synonym:
    need, want
    source: wordnet30
  • To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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