ALL meanings of require
re·quire
R r - transitive verb require order 1
- transitive verb require need 1
- transitive verb require demand 1
- verb with object require to have need of; need: He requires medical care. 1
- verb with object require to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent. 1
- verb with object require to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand. 1
- verb with object require to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience. 1
- verb with object require to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns. 1
- verb with object require to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action. 1
- verb with object require Chiefly British. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock? 1
- verb without object require to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires. 1
- verb require If you require something or if something is required, you need it or it is necessary. 0
- verb require If a law or rule requires you to do something, you have to do it. 0
- verb require to have need of; depend upon; want 0
- verb require to impose as a necessity; make necessary 0
- verb require to make formal request (for); insist upon or demand, esp as an obligation 0
- verb require to call upon or oblige (a person) authoritatively; order or command 0
- verb transitive require to ask or insist upon, as by right or authority; demand 0
- verb transitive require to order; command 0
- verb transitive require to be in need of; need 0
- verb transitive require to call for as necessary or appropriate 0
- verb transitive require to demand by virtue of a law, regulation, etc. 0
- verb transitive require to ask for; request 0
- intransitive verb require to make a demand 0