required Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb require as useful, just, or proper
call for; require; necessitate; involve; need; take; demand; ask; postulate.
- 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
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verb consider obligatory; request and expect
ask; require; 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
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verb make someone do something
require; command.
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verb have need of
need; require; want.
- This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
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adjective satellite necessary for relief or supply
needed; needful; requisite.
- provided them with all things needful
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adjective satellite required by rule
mandatory; compulsory.
- in most schools physical education is compulsory
- attendance is mandatory
- required reading
