require
verb
- 1
make someone do something
- 2
consider obligatory; request and expect
We require our secretary to be on time
Aren't we asking too much of these children?
- 3
have need of
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
- 4
require as useful, just, or proper
It takes nerve to do what she did
success usually requires hard work
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