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require

[ri-kwahyuhr] / rɪˈkwaɪər /
VERB
need, want
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lack
STRONG
crave desire miss wish
WEAK
depend upon feel necessity for have need hurting for stand in need
Antonyms
STRONG
dislike hate not want
WEAK
have
VERB
ask, demand; necessitate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call for cause compel demand expect instruct involve obligate oblige order request take
STRONG
beg beseech bid challenge claim command constrain crave direct enjoin entail exact postulate requisition solicit
WEAK
assert oneself call upon insist upon look for push for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disallow give let off offer reply stop
STRONG
answer
WEAK
dislike have not want

Usage

What are other ways to say require? The verb require, which expresses necessity, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire.

Example Sentences

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First, it requires advanced hardware, including flexible facial material and many small motors that must operate quietly and in perfect coordination.

From Science Daily

That would require Khamenei to compromise, in particular, on Iran’s nuclear program.

From The Wall Street Journal

These same chips—mainly what’s known as RAM, but also the storage chips often called flash or solid-state memory—are required for almost every digital device on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal

The deal would require approval from federal regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Though my name will not be on a ballot, my work continues,” Caruso said on X. “Public service does not require a title. It is, and always will be, my calling.”

From Los Angeles Times

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.