English Explanatory Dictionary

require

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
  2. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
  3. To demand (of someone) to do something.
  4. To ask (someone) for something; to request.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/ /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/ /ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/ en-us-require.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-require.wav

Word forms

require requires requiring required

Etymology

From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”).

Synonyms

ask call for exact provide

Related words

requirement requisite request

Derived words

desperate times require desperate measures extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence prerequire requirability requirable require improvement unrequire

Translations

Armenian: պահանջել Bulgarian: искам Chinese Mandarin: 要求 Finnish: vaatia Finnish: edellyttää French: exiger de French: prier Galician: requirir Italian: richiedere Italian: domandare Japanese: 要求する Russian: тре́бовать Russian: потре́бовать Swedish: avkräva
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