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BNC: 321 COCA: 446

require

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
require /rɪˈkwajɚ/ verb
requires; required; requiring
require
/rɪˈkwajɚ/
verb
requires; required; requiring
Learner's definition of REQUIRE
[+ object] formal
: to need (something)需要(某事)
used to say that something is necessary表示某事物是必需的
: to make it necessary for someone to do something要求做(某事);规定
BNC: 321 COCA: 446

require

verb

re·​quire ri-ˈkwī(-ə)r How to pronounce require (audio)
required; requiring

transitive verb

1
a
: to claim or ask for by right and authority
b
archaic : request
2
a
: to call for as suitable or appropriate
the occasion requires formal dress
b
: to demand as necessary or essential : have a compelling need for
all living beings require food
3
: to impose a compulsion or command on : compel
4
chiefly British : to feel or be obliged
used with a following infinitive
one does not require to be a specialist Elizabeth Bowen
Choose the Right Synonym for require

demand, claim, require, exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary.

demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.

demanded payment of the debt

claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

claimed the right to manage his own affairs

require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation.

the patient requires constant attention

exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands.

exacts absolute loyalty

Example Sentences

the toy requires four batteries, which are not included
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English requeren, from Anglo-French requere, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere to seek for, need, require, alteration of Latin requirere, from re- + quaerere to seek, ask

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

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The first known use of require was in the 14th century
BNC: 321 COCA: 446
require

verb

ADVERBurgently急切需要Many of the refugees urgently require medical treatment.許多難民急需治療。reasonably (law法律, especially BrE) 合理要求generally, normally, typically, usually一般要求;通常要求frequently, often經常要求rarely很少要求eventually最終要求specifically具體要求legally合法請求absolutely (especially NAmE) 絕對要求Certain subjects absolutely require face-to-face communication.某些科目要求必須進行面對面的交流。These plants absolutely require shade.這些植物必須養在陰涼處。

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