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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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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

These methods can be invasive, require significant time, and often provide limited insight into the specific proteins found within cancer cells.

From Science Daily

Because it requires relatively little equipment, the Jerk system could become an important early warning tool, particularly for volcanoes that are not closely monitored.

From Science Daily

Several support policies announced so far have one thing in common: They don’t require big upfront spending.

From The Wall Street Journal