| VERB | stative | require, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
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| communication | require, ask, expect | consider obligatory | |
| communication | require, command | make someone do something | |
| consumption | require, want, need | have need of |
| Sounds | rihkway'er; riykway'r; riy.kway'er | |
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| Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
| admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... | ||
| Meaning | require as useful, just, or proper. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; It ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "success usually requires hard work" | |
| Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand | |
| Narrower | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| compel | Necessitate or exact | |
| cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | |
| cry out for, cry for | Need badly or desperately | |
| draw | require a specified depth for floating | |
| govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | |
| Opposite | obviate, rid of, eliminate | Do away with |
| Similar to | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, implicar, involucrar, necesitar, pedir, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir, solicitar | |
| Catalan | exigir, implicar, involucrar, necessitar, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir | |
| Nouns | requirement | required activity |
| Meaning | Consider obligatory; request and expect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They require him to write the letter | |
| Example | "We require our secretary to be on time" | |
| Synonyms | ask, expect | |
| Narrower | call | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation |
| Broader | demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| Spanish | anticipar, esperar, pedir, requerir | |
| Catalan | anticipar, demanar, esperar, requerir | |
| Nouns | requirement | required activity |
| Meaning | make someone do something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They require him to write the letter | |
| Synonym | command | |
| Narrower | charge, saddle, burden | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to |
| forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | command against | |
| requisition | make a formal request for official services | |
| Broader | order, tell, enjoin, say | Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority |
| Spanish | comandar, mandar, ordenar, requerir | |
| Catalan | comandar, requerir | |
| Nouns | requisition | the act of requiring |
| Meaning | Have need of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They require more bread; They require him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | want, need | |
| Narrower | cry | demand immediate action |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | necesitar, precisar, querer, requerir | |
| Catalan | menester, necessitar, precisar, requerir, voler | |
| Nouns | requirement | anything indispensable / indispensable |
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