require
pronunciation
How to pronounce require in British English:
UK [rɪˈkwaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce require in American English:
US [rɪˈkwaɪər]
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- Verb:
- require as useful, just, or proper
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make someone do something
- have need of
Word Origin
- require (v.)
- late 14c., "to ask a question, inquire," from Old French requerre "seek, procure; beg, ask, petition; demand," from Vulgar Latin *requaerere, from Latin requirere "seek to know, ask," from re-, here perhaps meaning "repeatedly" (see re-), + quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)). The original sense of this word has been taken over by request (v.). Sense of "demand (someone) to do (something)" is from 1751, via the notion of "to ask for imperatively, or as a right" (late 14c.). Related: Required; requiring.
Antonym
Example
- 1. That will require a political battle .
- 2. Three factors require the administration to act .
- 3. The alcoa smelter would require a further 2500 .
- 4. If you require logic , see something else .
- 5. The sick require immediate treatment .