Require
verb
To need something.
I require a glass of water.
Often appears as...
- require assistance
- require attention
verb
To make it necessary for someone to do something.
The law requires that you must wear a seatbelt when driving.
Often appears as...
- require compliance
- require submission
verb
To ask someone to do something.
I require you to clean your room.
Often appears as...
- require action
- require response
verb
To depend on something for success or to happen.
Hiking this trail requires a good level of fitness.
Often appears as...
- require strength
- require intelligence
verb
To need something.
I require a glass of water.
Often appears as...
- require assistance
- require attention
verb
To make it necessary for someone to do something.
The law requires that you must wear a seatbelt when driving.
Often appears as...
- require compliance
- require submission
verb
To ask someone to do something.
I require you to clean your room.
Often appears as...
- require action
- require response
verb
To depend on something for success or to happen.
Hiking this trail requires a good level of fitness.
Often appears as...
- require strength
- require intelligence
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Essential Need
Use 'require' when something is a necessity, not just a desire.
Surviving the desert requires carrying ample water.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-negotiable
'Require' suggests you can't do without it; stronger than just needing.
This recipe requires fresh herbs.
Pro Tip 1/2Essential Need
Use 'require' when something is a necessity, not just a desire.
Surviving the desert requires carrying ample water.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-negotiable
'Require' suggests you can't do without it; stronger than just needing.
This recipe requires fresh herbs.
Pro Tip 1/2Essential Need
Use 'require' when something is a necessity, not just a desire.
Surviving the desert requires carrying ample water.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-negotiable
'Require' suggests you can't do without it; stronger than just needing.
This recipe requires fresh herbs.
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Is it bad to hold your...
but in very rare cases, such as when as a person can't sense the need to urinate, the pouch can rupture painfully requiring surgery to fix. But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty.
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and riders and their supporters say that reaching the spring is what they want unfortunately reaching the spring requires crossing this main road so it's a very main road that we cannot allow for it to be closed this is for you how close are we gonna get to the protesters
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What causes kidney...
or even require invasive treatment. Masses less than five millimeters in diameter will usually pass out of the body on their own. A doctor will often simply recommend drinking large amounts of water to help speed the process along, and maybe taking some pain killers.
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How did Hitler rise to...
it was clear there would be no new election. Disturbingly, many of Hitler's early measures didn't require mass repression. His speeches exploited people's fear and ire to drive their support behind him and the Nazi party. Meanwhile, businessmen and intellectuals,
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Why do people join...
through its doctrine, along with the required recipe for change that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient,
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Your body language may...
So I want to start by offering you a free no-tech life hack, and all it requires of you is that you change your posture for two minutes. But before I give it away, I want to ask you to right now
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Hungry Polar Bear...
But this can't go on forever. As summer continues, temperatures are rising. Each hunt requires more energy draining the bears of their reserves.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
but this can't go on forever as summer continues temperatures are rising each hunt requires more energy draining the bears of their reserves
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How playing an...
strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength to other activities. The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it is that the latter requires fine motor skills, which are controlled in both hemispheres of the brain. It also combines the linguistic and mathematical precision,
Video examples
Upgrading management...
ideas are universal we hope that you think about your tools but more importantly think about your thinking because Einstein said that today's problems cannot be of the same thinking that created them well the technology of management got us this far but it's going to require progressive and empathetic leaders
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
but in very rare cases, such as when as a person can't sense the need to urinate, the pouch can rupture painfully requiring surgery to fix. But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty.
Video examples
Part 2: Israel Defense...
and riders and their supporters say that reaching the spring is what they want unfortunately reaching the spring requires crossing this main road so it's a very main road that we cannot allow for it to be closed this is for you how close are we gonna get to the protesters
Video examples
What causes kidney...
or even require invasive treatment. Masses less than five millimeters in diameter will usually pass out of the body on their own. A doctor will often simply recommend drinking large amounts of water to help speed the process along, and maybe taking some pain killers.
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
it was clear there would be no new election. Disturbingly, many of Hitler's early measures didn't require mass repression. His speeches exploited people's fear and ire to drive their support behind him and the Nazi party. Meanwhile, businessmen and intellectuals,
Video examples
Why do people join...
through its doctrine, along with the required recipe for change that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient,
Video examples
Your body language may...
So I want to start by offering you a free no-tech life hack, and all it requires of you is that you change your posture for two minutes. But before I give it away, I want to ask you to right now
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Hungry Polar Bear...
But this can't go on forever. As summer continues, temperatures are rising. Each hunt requires more energy draining the bears of their reserves.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
but this can't go on forever as summer continues temperatures are rising each hunt requires more energy draining the bears of their reserves
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
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Joyce Meyer
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Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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Jim Bunning
American Politician
Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.
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Aretha Franklin
American Musician
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Oscar Levant
American Composer
I am no more humble than my talents require.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
I really don't require a whole lot in life.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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Jim Bunning
American Politician
Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.
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Aretha Franklin
American Musician
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Oscar Levant
American Composer
I am no more humble than my talents require.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
I really don't require a whole lot in life.
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