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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up, necessitate, number, point to, preoccupy, presuppose, prove, relate, require, rivet, rope in, snarl up, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, compel |
| Synonyms: | bring about, cause, coerce, concuss, constrain, dragoon, drive, effect, force, horn in, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, require, secure, shotgun, start, tamper |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | necessitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call for, make necessary |
| Synonyms: | ask, behoove, cause, coerce, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, drive, entail, force, impel, make, oblige, postulate, require, take |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
| Synonyms: | be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, die for, do without, drive for, exact, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, hanker, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hunger, hurt for, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, suffer privation, thirst, wish, yearn, yen for |
| Notes: | knead means to make into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone's body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of |
| Antonyms: | do not want, have |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command, authorize |
| Synonyms: | adjure, apply for, bid, book, buy, call for, call the shots, call the signals, charge, contract for, decree, dictate, direct, enact, engage, enjoin, hire, instruct, obtain, ordain, prescribe, pull strings, request, require, reserve, rule the roost, secure, send away for, tell, warn |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | disallow, prevent, rescind |
| Main Entry: | prescribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stipulate action to be taken |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, define, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, guide, impose, lay down, ordain, order, pick out, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, write prescription |
| Notes: | prescribe is to set down as a rule or guide or recommendation, while proscribe ('writing before') is to denounce or condemn, prohibit or forbid; tea and toast would be prescribed for an upset stomach while red-hot chili peppers would be proscribed (forbidden, labeled dangerous) |
| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | determine, specify |
| Synonyms: | condition, lay down, postulate, require, state, stipulate |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit, assign |
| Synonyms: | condemn, consign, constrain, doom, employ, enjoin, force, impose, induce, inflict, levy, make, oblige, require, set, subject, subject to |
| Antonyms: | change, displace, transfer |
| Main Entry: | requisition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for; apply for something needed |
| Synonyms: | buy, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, order, postulate, put dibs on, put in for, request, require, solicit |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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