Synonyms:
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call_for, demand
Meaning: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
Synonyms:
ask, require, expect
Meaning: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
Synonyms:
command, require
Meaning: make someone do something
Synonyms:
want, need, require
Meaning: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
Usage examples
But I require no such proof.
Our tissues require restoring.
"How much do you require for my ransom?"
Then, maybe, you won't require an answer."
They did not require him to repeat it twice.
I will go to my rooms, but I do not require supper.
"Colonel, I always require it," replied the Emperor.
Most ovens require heating an hour and a half for bread.
Will he not also require natural aptitude for his calling?
Unjust to require him to give up life while that one lived.