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How to pronounce require in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms need, want
Type of be
Has types cry
Derivation requirement
Type Words
Synonyms ask, expect
Type of demand
Has types call
Derivation requirement


We require our secretary to be on time.
Type Words
Synonyms ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, take
Has types govern, compel, cost, cry for, exact, claim, cry out for, take, draw
Verb group take, exact, claim
Derivation requirement


success usually requires hard work.
Type Words
Synonyms command
Type of enjoin, tell, say, order
Has types veto, burden, charge, disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, requisition, saddle
Derivation requisition

Examples of require

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Migraine headaches might require specialized care if they're not easily managed.
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The recommendations would require action by various state and local authorities.
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The bill would also require better and more unified record keeping in DWI cases.
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It is also environmentally efficient, because it does not require hydraulic oil.
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The settlement doesn't require Irwin Naturals to acknowledge fault or liability.
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The grant would require the city to provide two options for solving the problem.
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Femi John is playing with a torn meniscus in his knee that will require surgery.
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Seniors with limited mobility require significantly more high-cost medical care.
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It is aberrant to require government permission to exercise a fundamental right.
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  • Necessitate: 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 ...
  • Ask: 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"
  • Command: make someone do something
  • Want: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
  • (required) needed: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"
  • Compulsory: required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
  • To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14th-17th c.]; To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14th c.]; Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]; To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18th c.]
  • (requirement) A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory; Something asked; A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, ...
  • (REQUIRED) This keyword requires that an attribute be present inside an element; if the attribute is missing, the document is invalid. Note that you cannot define the actual attribute default value; you may only require that the attribute be present.