"require" meaning in English

See require in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/ (note: Canada, idle-idol split) Audio: en-us-require.ogg [US] Forms: requires [present, singular, third-person], requiring [participle, present], required [participle, past], required [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Latin requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|requerre}} Old French requerre, {{m|fr|requérir}} requérir, {{uder|en|la|requīrō||I require, seek, ask for}} Latin requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)
  1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-require-en-verb-2p2Lo-pk
  2. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. Translations (to demand, call for authoritatively): պահանջել (pahanǰel) (Armenian), патрабава́ць (patrabavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), запатрабава́ць (zapatrabavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), изисквам (iziskvam) (Bulgarian), 要求 (yāoqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), žádat (Czech), požadovat (Czech), vyžadovat (Czech), kræve (Danish), vaatia (Finnish), perätä (Finnish), exiger (French), erfordern (German), követel (Hungarian), megkövetel (Hungarian), esigere (Italian), prevedere (Italian), 要求する (yōkyū suru) (alt: ようきゅうする) (Japanese), 요구하다 (yoguhada) (Korean), exigir (Portuguese), requerer (Portuguese), тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ñäsk- (Tocharian B), вимага́ти (vymaháty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), yêu cầu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-require-en-verb-DPIwGPbK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 57 19 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 60 19 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 51 24 11 Disambiguation of 'to demand, call for authoritatively': 10 43 32 15
  3. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. Translations (to need): δέω (déō) (Ancient Greek), اِقْتَضَى (iqtaḍā) (Arabic), تَطَلَّبَ (taṭallaba) (Arabic), անհրաժեշտ լինել (anhražešt linel) (Armenian), կարիք ունենալ (karikʿ unenal) (Armenian), нуждая се (nuždaja se) (Bulgarian), ᎤᏂᎬᎦ (unigvga) (Cherokee), 需要 (xūyào) (Chinese Mandarin), žádat (Czech), vyžadovat (Czech), kræve (Danish), vaatia (Finnish), edellyttää (Finnish), demander (French), avoir besoin de (French), requérir (French), nécessiter (French), precisar (Galician), requirir (Galician), brauchen (German), benötigen (German), χρειάζομαι (chreiázomai) (Greek), necesigar (Ido), requirer (Interlingua), richiedere (Italian), necessitare (Italian), 必要とする (hitsuyō to suru) (alt: ひつようとする) (Japanese), 要する (yōsuru) (alt: ようする) (Japanese), ຕ້ອງການ (tǭng kān) (Lao), precisar de (Portuguese), necessitar (Portuguese), requerer (Portuguese), requerir (Spanish), necesitar (Spanish), behöva (Swedish), kräva (Swedish), gerektirmek (Turkish), gereksinmek (Turkish), icap etmek (Turkish), потребува́ти (potrebuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-require-en-verb-0Id8-~pD Disambiguation of 'to need': 3 6 88 3
  4. To demand of (someone) to do something.
    Sense id: en-require-en-verb-~Leeorb1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: call for Derived forms: desperate times require desperate measures, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, require improvement Related terms: requirement, requisite, request Translations (to demand of (someone)): պահանջել (pahanǰel) (Armenian), искам (iskam) (Bulgarian), 要求 (yāoqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), vaatia (Finnish), edellyttää (Finnish), exiger de (French), prier (French), requirir (Galician), richiedere (Italian), domandare (Italian), 要求する (yōkyū suru) (alt: ようきゅうする) (Japanese), тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'to demand of (someone)': 10 32 31 27

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request."
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          "ref": "1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books",
          "text": "\"I am Miss Newbury,\" I announced, \"and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please.\"",
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          "ref": "2009 December 29, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian",
          "text": "‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas[…], that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’",
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          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
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          "word": "պահանջել"
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          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
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          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "要求"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
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          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "žádat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "požadovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "vyžadovat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "kræve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "vaatia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "perätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "exiger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "erfordern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "követel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "megkövetel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "esigere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "prevedere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "alt": "ようきゅうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōkyū suru",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "要求する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yoguhada",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "요구하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "exigir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "requerer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trébovatʹ",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "тре́бовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "potrébovatʹ",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "потре́бовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "ñäsk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vymaháty",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вимага́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 32 15",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
          "word": "yêu cầu"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 June 5, “Aid for Aching Heads”, in Time",
          "text": "Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 February 7, Julian Borger, The Guardian",
          "text": "A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.",
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        "Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary."
      ],
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          "need"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iqtaḍā",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "اِقْتَضَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taṭallaba",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "تَطَلَّبَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anhražešt linel",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "անհրաժեշտ լինել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "karikʿ unenal",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "կարիք ունենալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nuždaja se",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "нуждая се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "unigvga",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "ᎤᏂᎬᎦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xūyào",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "需要"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "žádat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "vyžadovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "kræve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "vaatia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "edellyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "demander"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "avoir besoin de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "requérir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "nécessiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "precisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "requirir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "brauchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "benötigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chreiázomai",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "χρειάζομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "déō",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "δέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "necesigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "requirer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "richiedere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "necessitare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "alt": "ひつようとする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitsuyō to suru",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "必要とする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "alt": "ようする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōsuru",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "要する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tǭng kān",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "ຕ້ອງການ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "precisar de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "necessitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "requerer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "нужда́ться (nuždátʹsja) (в (v) + prepositional case)",
          "sense": "to need"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "requerir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "necesitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "behöva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "kräva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "gerektirmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "gereksinmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to need",
          "word": "icap etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 88 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "potrebuváty",
          "sense": "to need",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "потребува́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1970 June 29, “Compulsory Midi”, in Time",
          "text": "After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 December 5, Allegra Stratton, “Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To demand of (someone) to do something."
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          "demand",
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      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "call for"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pahanǰel",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "պահանջել"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iskam",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "искам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāoqiú",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "要求"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "vaatia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "edellyttää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "exiger de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "prier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "requirir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "richiedere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "domandare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "alt": "ようきゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōkyū suru",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "要求する"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тре́бовать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 32 31 27",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "потре́бовать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "require"
}
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    "English undefined derivations",
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      "word": "desperate times require desperate measures"
    },
    {
      "word": "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
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      "word": "require improvement"
    }
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "word": "requisite"
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      "word": "request"
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        "To ask (someone) for something; to request."
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          "ask",
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          "request",
          "request"
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request."
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        "obsolete"
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      "categories": [
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          "ref": "1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books",
          "text": "\"I am Miss Newbury,\" I announced, \"and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 29, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian",
          "text": "‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas[…], that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’",
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        "To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively."
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          "demand",
          "demand"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 June 5, “Aid for Aching Heads”, in Time",
          "text": "Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 February 7, Julian Borger, The Guardian",
          "text": "A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indispensable",
          "indispensable"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970 June 29, “Compulsory Midi”, in Time",
          "text": "After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 December 5, Allegra Stratton, “Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To demand of (someone) to do something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-require.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-us-require.ogg/En-us-require.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-require.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "word": "call for"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pahanǰel",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "պահանջել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "patrabavácʹ",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "патрабава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapatrabavácʹ",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запатрабава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iziskvam",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "изисквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāoqiú",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "要求"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "žádat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "požadovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "vyžadovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "kræve"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "kræve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "vaatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "perätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "exiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "erfordern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "követel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "megkövetel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "esigere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "prevedere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようきゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōkyū suru",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "要求する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yoguhada",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "요구하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "exigir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "requerer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тре́бовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "потре́бовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "ñäsk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vymaháty",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вимага́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to demand, call for authoritatively",
      "word": "yêu cầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iqtaḍā",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "اِقْتَضَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taṭallaba",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "تَطَلَّبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anhražešt linel",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "անհրաժեշտ լինել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karikʿ unenal",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "կարիք ունենալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nuždaja se",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "нуждая се"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "unigvga",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "ᎤᏂᎬᎦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūyào",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "需要"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "žádat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "vyžadovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "kræve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "vaatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "edellyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "demander"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "avoir besoin de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "requérir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "nécessiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "precisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "requirir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "brauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "benötigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chreiázomai",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "χρειάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "déō",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "δέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "necesigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "requirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "richiedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "necessitare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひつようとする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitsuyō to suru",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "必要とする"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōsuru",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "要する"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tǭng kān",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "ຕ້ອງການ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "precisar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "necessitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "requerer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "нужда́ться (nuždátʹsja) (в (v) + prepositional case)",
      "sense": "to need"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "requerir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "necesitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "behöva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "kräva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "gerektirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "gereksinmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to need",
      "word": "icap etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potrebuváty",
      "sense": "to need",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "потребува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pahanǰel",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "պահանջել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iskam",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "искам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāoqiú",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "要求"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "vaatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "edellyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "exiger de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "prier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "requirir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "richiedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "domandare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようきゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōkyū suru",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "word": "要求する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тре́бовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrébovatʹ",
      "sense": "to demand of (someone)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "потре́бовать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "require"
}

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