Require (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), re·quired, re·quir·ing.
  1. to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  2. to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent.
  3. to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.
  4. to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience.
  5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns.
  6. to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action.
  7. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock?
verb (used without object), re·quired, re·quir·ing.
  1. to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.
verb (mainly tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)
  1. to have need of; depend upon; want
  2. to impose as a necessity; make necessary
  3. to make formal request (for); insist upon or demand, esp as an obligation
  4. to call upon or oblige (a person) authoritatively; order or command
Require (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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