require

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb require as useful, just, or proper
  2. verb consider obligatory; request and expect
  3. verb make someone do something

Etymology

From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand

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