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require

re·quire

UK/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/ US/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/ common

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”
  • “This intervention does not postulate a patient”
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2.

consider obligatory; request and expect

  • “We require our secretary to be on time”
  • “Aren”
  • “;”
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3.
4.

have need of

  • “This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”
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Origin

From Old French requerre (whence Modern French requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”, literally “to seek back”), from re- (“back; again”) + quaerō (“to seek”, whence query).

Phrases

  • desperate times require desperate measures
  • extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
  • require improvement

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