require

(rĭ-kwīr')
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.

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The construction with a to-infinitive, as in I require to know your names, is not idiomatic in British English but is known in other varieties of English. The type Do you require tea? is chiefly confined to British English.

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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

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

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• Modes and Manners of Expression - require: order or oblige to do something; claim by right or authority

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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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