Require

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  • transitive verb. To have as a requisite or necessity; need or depend on.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To stipulate as obligatory by authority.
  • transitive verb. To demand as obligatory or appropriate.
  • transitive verb. To impose an obligation on; compel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To search for; seek.
  • To ask for as a favor; request.
  • To ask or claim, as of right and by authority; demand; insist on having; exact.
  • To ask or order to do something; call on.
  • To have need or necessity for; render necessary or indispensable; demand; need; want.
  • =Syn. 2–4. Request, Beg, etc. (see ask), enjoin (upon), prescribe, direct, command.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact.
  • transitive verb. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
  • transitive verb. To ask as a favor; to request.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. have need of
  • verb. make someone do something
  • verb. consider obligatory; request and expect
  • verb. require as useful, just, or proper
  • Word Usage
    "Socialism, which require, on one hand, that we lay the foundation for the Socialist organization of emulation, and, on the other hand, _require the use of compulsion so that the slogan of the dictatorship of the proletariat should not be weakened by the practice of a too mild proletarian government_."
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    claim  compel  cost  cry for  cry out for  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dyer  Gire  Gyr  Meier  Meyer  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affect  appoint  ask  ask  ask for  
    verb-form