Require

Definition: Require

Require

Verb

1. Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert".

2. Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?" "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons".

3. Make someone do something.

4. Have need of: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "require" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Require

Command

Bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on; (compel).

Compulsion

Extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain.

Dueness

Demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.

Duty

Impose a duty; Noun: enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

Inquiry

Require an answer; pick the brains of, suck the brains of; feel the pulse.

Insufficiency

Want, lack, need, require; caret; be in want; (poor), live from hand to mouth.

Price

Verb: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill; (debt); have one's price; liquidate.

Requirement

Verb: require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire.

Unintelligibility

Verb: be unintelligible; Adjective: require explanation; have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension.

Crosswords: Require

Latin (ask for, miss, need, pine for, require, seek).

I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton and David Koepp.)

Stupid babies require the most attention (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I want to, but shooting fur-brained idiots would require a permit (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin)

How many nights a week do you require sex (Colossus: The Forbin Project; writing credit: James Bridges; D.F. Jones)

Look, what is it that you require of us (Deliverance; writing credit: James Dickey)

When you require streetcar desire for higher heights (SMOOTH OPERATOR; performing artist: Sade; writing credit: Sade Adu and St. John)

An open mind does not always require an open mouth. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Arco College Not Required!: 100 Great Careers That Don't Require a College Degree (reference)

• China's Arms Require Better U.S. Military Ties with Taiwan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Federal Reserve System: Current and Future Challenges Require Systemwide Attention (reference)

• Prefaces: Light Reading for Certain Classes As the Occassion May Require, by Nicolaus Notabene (Kierkegaard and Postmodernism) (reference)

• Professional Careers Sourcebook: Where to Find Help Planning Careers That Require College or Technical Degrees (5th Ed) (reference)

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Pictured is an adult black male patient and a nurse wearing a lab coat. She is testing him for high blood pressure and they are both looking at the indication on the measuring instrument. The patient may require the use of a drug to control his high blood pressure. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Many states require blood tests to be performed before the first month of life. Credit: CDC.

False positive tests results using the ELISA tests will require secondary testing using this Western blot, immunoblotting procedure. The bound antigens are detected when tagged with antibodies during analysis of the nitrocellulose sheet. Credit: CDC.

Bow-on view of vessel in dry dock in 1985, as seen from vessel centerline. Photograph by Jet Lowe, May/October 1985. (Reproduction Number: HAER, WASH,17-SEAT,10-16) Historic ships are among the most difficult objects to preserve and few vessels survive long enough to be considered historic. Those that do require expensive maintenance to be operational. The 1897 schooner Wawona was put into a floating dry dock in 1985 to allow necessary periodic repairs to the wooden hull. While the hull was accessible, HAER measured and mapped the shape of the hull in a series of topographic drawings, a process called "lines-lifting." This lumber schooner was the first project of HAER's ongoing maritime program. (See HABS/HAER, National Park Service for more history.). Credit: Library of Congress.

I can live alone if self-respect & circumstances require me to do so ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The guardian, moreover, so long as he has the wardship of the land, shall keep up the houses, parks, fishponds, stanks, mills, and other things pertaining to the land, out of the issues of the same land; and he shall restore to the heir, when he has come to full age, all his land, stocked with ploughs and wainage, according as the season of husbandry shall require, and the issues of the land can reasonable bear. (reference)

It is one thing to owe honour, respect, gratitude and assistance; another to require an absolute obedience and submission. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (reference)

It cannot be presumed that any clause in the constitution is intended to be without effect; and, therefore, such a construction is inadmissible, unless the words require it. (reference)

Does it require deep intuition to comprehend that man's ideas, views and conceptions, in one word, man's consciousness, changes with every change in the conditions of his material existence, in his social relations and in his social life? What else does the history of ideas prove, than that intellectual production changes its character in proportion as material production is changed? The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. (reference)

Appeal to the tribunal of the League of Nations does not require the suspension of the works. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And we require the values of x+y+z, and of 2x+3y+5z

It did not require much more to enrage Monsieur Gillenormand

I require of a visitor that he be not actually starving, though he may have the very best appetite in the world, however he got it.

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Health

Hydrocephalus may require a shunt. (references)

They may require special programs. (references)

Require patients to purchase products. (references)

Business

These do not require a credit check or a contract. (references)

The plastic processing machines require B certificates. (references)

Agents and distributors in France frequently require exclusivity. (references)

Children

India

Neither law nor regulations require accessibility for persons with disabilities. (references)

Namibia

The bill would require divorced spouses to provide maintenance allowances for their children. (references)

United Kingdom

New measures introduced in March require all businesses to make "reasonable" modifications for persons with disabilities by 2004. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Religious gatherings and assemblies do not require permits. (references)

Papua New Guinea

Public demonstrations require police approval and 14-days' notice. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The media law states that the registration process should require 1 month. (references)

Economic History

Greece

Most military tenders require offsets. (references)

Nicaragua

The latter would require new legislation. (references)

Hungary

Many contracts require notarization as well. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

Arrest does not require a warrant issued by a court official. (references)

Mali

Police searches are infrequent and require judicial warrants. (references)

Pakistan

These so-called Hadd punishments require a high standard of evidence. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

Laws allowing condemnation and purchase of land do not require more than perfunctory notifications in newspapers to which indigenous people may have no access. (references)

Minorities

Iraq

The Kurdish administrations also require that all school children begin learning Arabic in primary school. (references)

Singapore

During 1999 there was great debate over the fact that advertisements often specify ethnicity and gender requirements or require fluent Mandarin speakers. (references)

Political Economy

Maldives

Further terms in office also require confirmation by referendum. (references)

OMAN

Oman's economy is too small to require a complicated monetary policy. (references)

THAILAND

Thailand's WTO commitments require full market liberalization by 2006. (references)

Political Rights

Monaco

All legislation and the adoption of the budget require the Council's assent. (references)

Jordan

Appointments made by the King to high government posts do not require legislative approval. (references)

Sierra Leone

Elections were scheduled for May 14, 2002, which will require an additional extension of the president's term of office. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Certain pets require an import license. (references)

Syria

Medications also require a batch number. (references)

Kuwait

Only a few items require export licenses. (references)

Travel

Kenya

All visitors require visas. (references)

Nigeria

Some hotels require a deposit to cover meals as well. (references)

Tunisia

STAYS LONGER THAN FOUR MONTHS REQUIRE A VISA EXTENSION. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Some companies require women to sign statements that they do not intend to become pregnant. (references)

Sweden

During the year, the law was amended to require from every employer a survey made with a union representative analyzing wage differences. (references)

Egypt

Male Muslim heirs face strong social pressure to provide for all family members who require assistance; however, this assistance is not always provided. (references)

Worker Rights

Namibia

An employer may require no more than 10 hours per week of overtime. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The laws of both entities require that overtime be paid to employees. (references)

Malawi

The laws require payment for overtime work and prohibit compulsory overtime. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "require": if require ♦ require from ♦ require into ♦ require of ♦ require smth. of smb. ♦ require that. Additional references.

Afrikaans

vereis (demand, postulate), nodig hê (need), behoef (need). (various references)

Albanian

urdhëroj (appoint, bid, charge, command, decree, dictate, direct, enjoin, give a command, ordain, order, prescribe, will), i kërkoj (invoke). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرض (assess, commit, direct, enforcement, enjoin, force, impel, impose, imposition, oblige, order, predicate, prescription, put), ‏قضى (accomplish, carry out, decree, execute, foreordain, ordain, pay, predestine, preordain, settle, spend), ‏تطلب (ask, call, call for, claim, demand, exact, need, take, want), ‏طلب (appeal, application, ask, call, call for, demand, desire, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, requisition, rush order, seek, tune), ‏إحتاج (crave, demand, lack, need, run out, want), ‏إستلزم (entail, necessitate, presuppose). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нуждая се от (be in want of, call for, lack, need, want), настоявам (aver, insist, persist, press, represent, solicit), заповядвам (appoint, bid, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, ordain, rule the roost, send an order, tell), задължавам (bind, call on, charge, engage, obligate, oblige), искам (ask, call for, choose, demand, desire, like, list, please, postulate, request, seek, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would), изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, necessitate, postulate, take, want). (various references)

Catalan

necessitar (need). (various references)

Chinese 

要求 (request, stake a claim, to ask, to demand). (various references)

Czech

vyžadovat (ask, call for, claim, exact, involve, necessitate, stipulate, take), potřebovat (need, want), požadovat (claim, demand, request), žádat (apply, ask, claim, demand, invite, petition, postulate, pray, request, solicit, want, wish). (various references)

Danish

fordre (demand, postulate), behøve (need). (various references)

Dutch

nodig hebben (need), moeten (are supposed to, have to, must, need, need to, ought to, should), hoeven (need), behoeven (need). (various references)

Esperanto

postuli (demand, postulate), bezoni (need). (various references)

Faeroese

tørva (need), nýtast (need), krevja (claim, demand, exact, postulate, presume, requisition, seize), hava fyri neyðini (need). (various references)

Farsi 

نیازداشتن (Need), لازم دانستن (Postulate), لازم بودن . (various references)

Finnish

vaatia (call for, claim, demand, insist, lay claim to, postulate), tarvita (be in need of, have need of, need). (various references)

French

exiger, requérir, réclamer, demander (request), avoir besoin. (various references)

Frisian

fereaskje (demand, postulate), easkje (demand, postulate). (various references)

German

verlangen (anxiety, appetite, appetites, ask, ask for, ask to see, call for, call out for, craving, demand, desire, hankering, itch, long for, longing, lust, postulate, request, requisition, stipulate, to demand, to require, urge, want, yearn, yearning), fordern (arrogate, ask, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, exaction, extend, make demands, postulate, press, stretch, support, to arrogate, to ask (for), to demand, to require), erfordern (call for, demand, exact, necessitate, postulate, requisiting, to require), brauchen (be in need of smth., be necessary, do with, employ, make use of, need, take, to be in need of, turn to account, use, use up, want), benötigen (need, to require, want), nötig haben (need, to be in need of). (various references)

Greek 

χρειάζομαι (do with, need, want), απαιτώ (call for, claim, come down on, demand, entail, exact, necessitate, postulate, requisition). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתבוע (assert, claim, demand), לדרוש (demand, exact), לצרוך (consume, need). (various references)

Hungarian

megkövetel (to demand, to exact, to necessitate, to need, to require, to take for), kíván (desire, to call for, to command, to necessitate, to postulate, to require, to want, to will, to wish, want, wish), igényel (claim, demand, need, pretend, to call for, to claim, to demand, to need, to require, to want), elvár (expect, hope, to expect, to require). (various references)

Indonesian

memerlukan (need), membutuhkan. (various references)

Italian

aver bisogno di (lack, need, want), necessitare (be necessary, be needed, be required, necessitate, need, to require). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

骨が折れる (to be hard to do, to have ones bones broken, to require much effort), 要する (to demand, to require, to take). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほねがおれる (to be hard to do, to have ones bones broken, to require much effort), ようする (to demand, to have, to possess, to require, to take). (various references)

Korean 

요구하십시요. (various references)

Malay

perlu (necessary, need). (various references)

Manx

ymmyrch (destitution, exigence, necessity, want), shirrey (apply, cast about, endeavour, go after, prospect, request, search, seek, seeking, solicit, solicitation, soliciting). (various references)

Papiamen

mester (have to, must, need, ought to, should), mesté (need), eksihí (demand, postulate), eksigí (demand, postulate). (various references)

Pig Latin

equireray.(various references)

Polish

potrzebować (need), postulować (demand, postulate), żądać (demand, postulate). (various references)

Portuguese

reclamar (assert, call, challenge, demand, exact, have, kick, lay claim to, obtest, outcry, postulate, protest, reclaim, remonstrate), necessitar (ask, demand, lack, necessitate, need, want), exigir (ask, command, demand, exact, lay up claim, need, postulate, requisition, want). (various references)

Romanian

reclama (ask, call for, claim, demand, denounce, necessitate, need, reclaim, repeat), solicita cu insistenţã, solicita (apply for, attract, beg, call on, cause, crave, drive, entail, have, invite, request, require smth. of smb., solicit, strain, stress), pretinde (allege, assert, challenge, charge, claim, command, contend, exact, insist, maintain, make oneself out, make out, pretend, purport), necesita (ask, call, claim, demand, have, infer, involve, necessitate, need, want), comporta (behave, involve), cere insistent (insist), cere (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, challenge, charge, claim, command, court, demand, desire, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, necessitate, petition, request, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge), avea nevoie de (demand, have need of, necessitate, need, stand in need of, want). (various references)

Russian 

требовать (ask for, call for, call for a, claim, crave, cry for, demand, necessitate, solicit, take). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zahtevati (call for, claim, demand, entail, postulate, request, seek, suggest), tražiti (ask for, demand, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, pursue, request, search, search for, seek, solicit, sue, track), iziskivati. (various references)

Spanish

necesitar (lack, necessitate, need, take, want), exigir (ask for, beg, call for, demand, exact, insist on, levy, necessitate, need, postulate, require from, require of, tax, want). (various references)

Swedish

tarva, erfordra (demand, need, want), behöva (have to, need, want). (various references)

Thai

เรียกร้อง (claim, requisition), ต้องการ (ask, exact, lack, like, need, take). (various references)

Turkish

zorunlu tutmak, istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, exact, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), ihtiyacı olmak (be desperate to get, be in a bind for, be in want of smth., be pinched, be pressed for, do with, lack, need, want), icap etmek (be necessary, be required, necessitate, take), gerektirmek (beggar, call for, entail, exact, imply, indicate, involve, necessitate, suppose, take, want), gerekmek (be essential, be necessary, be required, call for, necessitate, need, suppose, supposed to), gerekli olmak (be indicated, be necessary, be required, call for), eksik olmak (lack, Miss, not to be enough, want). (various references)

Ukrainian

вимагати (ask, call for, challenge, charge, claim, cry for, demand, extort, importune, necessitate, postulate, racketeer, sweat out, want, wring), залежати (depend, hinge), потребувати (affect, cost, crave, need, suppose, want). (various references)

Welsh

gofyn (ask, demand, requirement). (various references)

Zulu

-dinga (need). (various references)

egebunt, egemus, egens, egent, egentem, egentes, egenti, egentis, egentium, egere, egerem, egeris, eget, eguerunt, exigere, indigeas, indigebant, indigebit, indigemus, indigens, indigent, indigenti, indigentiam, indigentis, indigeo, indigeremus, indigeret, indiges, indiget, indigetis, indiguerit, indiguerunt, oporteat, oportebat, oportere, oporteret, oportet, oportuerat, oportuerit, oportuit, postula, postulabam, postulabant, postulabat, postulabit, postulans, postulant, postulantes, postulantur, postulare, postularet, postularit, postulas, postulassent, postulasset, postulasti, postulat, postulatarum, postulate, postulato, postulatus, postulaverat, postulaverunt, postulavi, postulavimus, postulavit, postulet, postulo, requiram, requirant, requiras, requirat, require, requirebant, requirendi, requirendos, requirendum, requirens, requirent, requirentes, requirentibus, requirere, requireres, requireret, requiret, requiretis, requiretur, requirit, requirite, requiro, requirunt, requisierit, requisierunt, requisissent, requisisset, requisisti, requisita, requisitus, requisivi, requisivit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "require": required, requirement, requirements, requirer, requirers, requires. (additional references)

Words ending with "require": prerequire. (additional references)

Words containing "require": prerequired, prerequires. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Require" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bequerel, equir, equire, regir, Regueiro, Reguera, requ, requi, requier, requiert, requine, requiren, requireth, requize, requre, Ricquier, Riquier, roquire. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: querier.

-2 letters: queer, quire.

-3 letters: ruer.

-4 letters: ere, err, ire, ree, rei, rue.

-5 letters: er, re.

+1 letter: queriers, quiverer, required, requirer, requires, requiter.

+2 letters: equerries, quiverers, reacquire, requirers, requiters.

+3 letters: brusquerie, prerequire, reacquired, reacquires, squirreled.

+4 letters: brusqueries, marqueterie, marquetries, parquetries, prerequired, prerequires, quarterlies, reliquaries, requirement, squirrelled.

+5 letters: grotesquerie, harquebusier, marqueteries, prerequiring, prerequisite, quaternaries, reconquering, relacquering, requirements.