require

verb

  1. 1

    make someone do something

  2. 2

    consider obligatory; request and expect

    We require our secretary to be on time

    Aren't we asking too much of these children?

  3. 3

    have need of

    This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner

  4. 4

    require as useful, just, or proper

    It takes nerve to do what she did

    success usually requires hard work

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