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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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The U.N. says it urgently needs $350 million to keep aid efforts running in Congo over the next six months but has so far raised less than 20% of the required funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently moving through Parliament, will require schools in England to reduce the number of compulsory branded items to three - plus a branded tie for secondary students.

From BBC

"There is real scope for change" although it might not happen fast enough, said Forbes, whose organisation is researching how Australia and other countries are requiring platforms to confront the issue.

From Barron's

In South Korea, a wide-ranging law regulating artificial intelligence took effect in January, requiring companies to tell users when products use generative AI.

From Barron's

In recent years demand has spiralled upwards, with a record one in five children in England now requiring support.

From BBC