require

tr.v., -quired, -quir·ing, -quires.

1. To have as a requisite; need: Most plants require sunlight.
2. To call for as obligatory or appropriate; demand. See synonyms at demand.
3. To impose an obligation on; compel: Students are required to attend classes.

[Middle English requiren, from Old French requerre, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere, alteration (influenced by quaerere, to seek) of Latin requīrere : re-, re- + quaerere, to seek.]

requirable re·quir'a·ble adj.
requirer re·quir'er n.

verb

1. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, take. See necessary/unnecessary, over/under.
2. To be without what is needed, required, or essential: lack, need, want. See owned/unowned.
3. To ask for urgently or insistently: call for, claim, demand, exact, insist on (or upon), requisition. Idioms: cry out for. See request.
4. To oblige to do or not do by force of authority, propriety, or custom: expect, suppose. See obligation.

v

Definition: need, want
Antonyms: dislike, have, not want

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IN BRIEF: To be in need of. Also: To order, command, or insist upon.

Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire. — Elizabeth David (1914-1992)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kræve, påbudt, obligatorisk

idioms:

• required reading    obligatorisk læsning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ver)eisen, nodig hebben

Français (French)
v. tr. - avoir besoin de, exiger, nécessiter

idioms:

• required reading    ouvrage qu'il faut lire absolument

Deutsch (German)
v. - brauchen, benötigen, verlangen

idioms:

• required reading    Pflichtlektüre

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αξιώνω, απαιτώ, ζητώ, χρειάζομαι, χρήζω, επιζητώ

idioms:

• required reading    απαραίτητο να διαβαστεί

Italiano (Italian)
richiedere, esigere

idioms:

• required reading    letture obbligatorie

Português (Portuguese)
v. - requerer, reclamar, determinar

idioms:

• required reading    revisão necessária

Русский (Russian)
требовать, нуждаться в

idioms:

• required reading    книги, которые необходимо прочесть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - necesitar, requerir, exigir

idioms:

• required reading    lectura obligatoria

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begära, fordra, kräva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
需要, 要求, 命令

idioms:

• required reading    必读物, 必读书

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 需要, 要求, 命令

idioms:

• required reading    必讀物, 必讀書

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 요구하다, 필요로 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 必要とする, 要求する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطلب, يتطلب, يحتاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה זקוק ל-, הצריך, דרש, תבע, חייב‬

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