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require

Definition for require

verb as in need, want

verb as in ask, demand; necessitate

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Example Sentences

Indeed, they specifically increase the expression of a particular gene, where and when this gene is required.

Developing this tool required considerable work and significant technical advancements to ensure each target snake species' DNA is precisely identified.

"I think it requires a lot more fierceness than I come into the world with."

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The sword of Damocles hasn't deterred Gaetz's allies from hyping him up for a return to Congress as a House member, as a senato or for a Trump administration post that doesn't require Senate approval.

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Besides sticking to a strict exercise schedule, living and working in space requires maintaining morale and mental health.

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When To Use

What are other ways to say require?

The verb require, which expresses necessity, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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