1. require - verb
· 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's consent"
Synonym(s): necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call_for, demand
2. require - verb
· consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
Hypernym(s): demand
3. require - verb
· make someone do something
Synonym(s): command
Hypernym(s): order, tell, enjoin, say
4. require - verb
· have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
Hypernym(s): be
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