Verb: require ri'kwI(-u)r
- Consider obligatory; request and expect
"We require our secretary to be on time";
- ask, expect
- Make someone do something
"The situation required immediate action";
- command
- Have a requirement for
"This piano requires the attention of a competent tuner";
- want, need
- Make essential as a condition or prerequisite
"success usually requires hard work";
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand
Derived forms: required, requires, requiring
Type of: be, bear on, concern, demand, enjoin, exist, have to do with, order, pertain, refer, relate, say, tell, touch, touch on
Antonym: rid of