require (v.)

  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; This intervention does not postulate a patients consent

    [ Syn: necessitate , ask , postulate , need , take , involve , call for , demand ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: ask , expect ]

  3. make someone do something

    [ Syn: command ]

  4. have need of; This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner

    [ Syn: want , need ]

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