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require

[ri-kwahyuhr] / rɪˈkwaɪər /
VERB
need, want
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lack
STRONG
crave desire miss wish
WEAK
depend upon feel necessity for have need hurting for stand in need
Antonyms
STRONG
dislike hate not want
WEAK
have
VERB
ask, demand; necessitate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call for cause compel demand expect instruct involve obligate oblige order request take
STRONG
beg beseech bid challenge claim command constrain crave direct enjoin entail exact postulate requisition solicit
WEAK
assert oneself call upon insist upon look for push for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disallow give let off offer reply stop
STRONG
answer
WEAK
dislike have not want

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 island is connected to La Gorce on one side and Miami Beach on the other by bridges—and anyone who enters the community will be required to register with the security guards.

From MarketWatch

Instead, much more of the talk will be about inference, the type of computing required to run models and allow them to respond to user queries.

From The Wall Street Journal

To exit the fund, Cliffwater investors submit redemption requests during designated time periods, or intervals, when the fund is legally required to buy back shares.

From The Wall Street Journal

Designing a polyheptazine imide catalyst that performs well for a specific reaction requires careful control over many aspects of its structure.

From Science Daily

All that is required of our politicians is a yes or no.

From BBC

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