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require
verb as in need, want
Strongest match
Weak matches
depend upon, feel necessity for, have need, hurting for, stand in need
verb as in ask, demand; necessitate
Example Sentences
It’s quite the challenge considering that I require a minimum of four cups of caffeine to function on a daily basis.
Russell Findlay claimed the event was "not required" and accused John Swinney of using the meeting to "deflect from the SNP's dismal record".
Rounding up and packing off millions of people across the country would require a massive deployment of resources and far more detention capacity.
The authority said it soon became evident some of the properties were unsuitable and would prove difficult to bring up to the high safety standards required for social housing.
The California-based company will require licenses to export its H20 AI chip to China, a move which the US Commerce Department said was designed to safeguard "national and economic security".
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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