required
pronunciation
How to pronounce required in British English:
UK [rɪ'kwaɪəd]
How to pronounce required in American English:
US [rɪ'kwaɪəd]
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- Adjective:
- necessary for relief or supply
- required by rule
Word Origin
- required (adj.)
- c. 1600, past participle adjective from require (v.). Required reading attested from 1881.
Example
- 1. Too much capital is required for too little return .
- 2. Take one common claim : employees claiming that they were required to work off the clock .
- 3. Government regulations required 1.3 billion gallons of biodiesel to be produced in 2013 .
- 4. At its inception , facebook required users ' to register with their real names .
- 5. Each question required a response no longer than one and a half minutes .