require

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 60.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
3. verb To demand (of someone) to do something.

   It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.

4. verb To ask (someone) for something; to request; to beseech.

Similar words

demand ask command necessitate need compel involve expect want take

Often followed by

a the that an more to some any no

Word family

required requirement requirements requires requiring