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.

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Meeting this moment requires a national plan for AI preparedness, grounded in four central pillars, transforming education from the earliest grades to late-career retraining.

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Even so, turning that idea into a working robot required five years of development.

From Science Daily

Unlike many competing technologies, it operates slightly above room temperature and does not require cryogenic cooling or complex atom-trapping setups.

From Science Daily

Under Assembly Bill 501, the secretary of state’s office would be required to notify individuals within 21 days if they are named as a debtor in a lien filing.

From Los Angeles Times

If you give away this rental property and later require long-term care, Medicaid’s five-year lookback period on asset transfers can create serious eligibility problems, making this issue more significant for you than potential gift-tax consequences.

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