Require (Verb)

Meaning 1

Have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

  • Want
  • Need

Hypernyms

  • Be

Hyponyms

  • Cry

Related Words

  • Requirement (noun)

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Necessitate
  • Need
  • Ask
  • Involve
  • Demand
  • Call For
  • Postulate
  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Cry For
  • Cry Out For
  • Exact
  • Compel
  • Cost
  • Claim
  • Govern
  • Draw
  • Take

Related Words

  • Requirement (noun)

Meaning 3

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".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Ask
  • Expect

Hypernyms

  • Demand

Hyponyms

  • Call

Related Words

  • Requirement (noun)

Meaning 4

Make someone do something.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Command

Hypernyms

  • Say
  • Order
  • Enjoin

Hyponyms

  • Proscribe
  • Burden
  • Requisition
  • Interdict
  • Disallow
  • Charge
  • Forbid
  • Veto
  • Nix

Related Words

  • Requisition (noun)
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