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; This intervention does not postulate a patients consent
[ Syn: necessitate , ask , postulate , need , take , involve , call for , demand ]
consider obligatory; request and expect; We require our secretary to be on time; Arent we asking too much of these children?; I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
make someone do something
[ Syn: command ]
have need of; This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner