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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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If you say it’s old-fashioned maybe that’s because it requires effort you don’t want to make.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is required to surrender his passport, and will be allowed limited travel to Arizona and Wyoming, where the Abattis own property.

From Los Angeles Times

The Baldy Bowl Trail is shorter but requires a steeper climb.

From Los Angeles Times

The Law Society of Scotland would have preferred the unanimity or near-unanimity required by the jury system in England and Wales.

From BBC

Since August 2025, all shops in Bulgaria have been required by law to display prices in both currencies.

From BBC