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require
Overview of verb require
The verb require has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (146) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent")
2. (16) ask, require, expect -- (consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons")
3. (16) command, require, compel -- (make someone do something)
4. (6) want, need, require -- (have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner")
Grep of noun require
required course
requirement
requirements contract
Antonyms of verb require
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb require
4 senses of require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
=> demand
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 3
command, require, compel
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 4
want, need, require
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb require
4 senses of require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
=> call
Sense 3
command, require, compel
=> charge, saddle, burden
=> requisition
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Sense 4
want, need, require
=> cry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb require
4 senses of require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
=> demand
Sense 3
command, require, compel
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
Sense 4
want, need, require
=> be
'Cause To' of verb require
Derived Forms of verb require
4 senses of require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
RELATED TO>(noun) requirement#1
=> requirement, demand
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
RELATED TO>(noun) requirement#1
=> requirement, demand
Sense 3
command, require, compel
RELATED TO>(noun) requisition#1
=> requisition
Sense 4
want, need, require
RELATED TO>(noun) requirement#2
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
Domain of verb require
Domain Terms of verb require
Familiarity of verb require
require used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb require
4 senses of require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
*> Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
=> It ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
EX: They require him to write the letter
Sense 3
command, require, compel
EX: They require him to write the letter
Sense 4
want, need, require
EX: They require more bread
EX: They require him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb require
3 of 4 senses of require
Sense 2
ask, require, expect
> demand
=> want
=> ask, require, expect
=> clamor, clamour
=> dun
=> ask
Sense 3
command, require, compel
> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> direct
=> instruct
=> command, require, compel
=> call, send for
=> warn
Sense 4
want, need, require
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb require
Sense 1
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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Sense 2
ask, require, expect
=> demand
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Sense 3
command, require, compel
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
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Sense 4
want, need, require
=> be
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Grep of verb require
require
Grep of adj require
required
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