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require

[ri-kwahyuhr] / rɪˈkwaɪər /




Usage

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.

Example Sentences

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When they were first developing the podcast at San Quentin, Woods and Poor said it required some cooperation with prison administration.

From Los Angeles Times

The most significant change in "cooling degree days" -- temperatures hot enough to require cooling, such as air conditioning or fans -- were projected in tropical or equatorial countries, particularly in Africa.

From Barron's

Stephen Walker, 50, had a stroke last year and even though he has recovered well, requires a lot of follow-up care.

From The Wall Street Journal

It requires a special key, nondisclosure agreements, passage through a bank vault and, typically, an executive title.

From The Wall Street Journal

And this week's test is private because the teams were concerned about the amount of work required to prepare their cars, and how it might look if they encountered major reliability problems.

From BBC