English verb: require | |||
1. | require (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
Samples | It takes nerve to do what she did. Success usually requires hard work. This job asks a lot of patience and skill. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent. | ||
Synonyms | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, take | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
2. | require (communication) consider obligatory; request and expect | ||
Samples | We require our secretary to be on time. Aren't we asking too much of these children?. I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons. | ||
Examples | They require him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | ask, expect | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | demand | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | call | ||
3. | require (communication) make someone do something | ||
Examples | They require him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | command | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enjoin, order, say, tell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burden, charge, disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, requisition, saddle, veto | ||
4. | require (consumption) have need of | ||
Samples | This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner. | ||
Examples | They require more bread, They require him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | need, want | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cry | ||