requires
English meaning: Requires
Definition
To ask (someone) for something; to request.
Example
“Assembling the furniture requires only a screwdriver.”
Another example: “The role requires fluency in at least two languages.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Third-person singular of 'require', meaning to need or to demand as necessary ('the job requires patience', 'the law requires'). Very common in formal writing, instructions and law. Neutral to formal register.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old French 'requerre', from Latin 'requirere' 'to seek again, need', from 're-' + 'quaerere' 'to ask'; 14th century.
Synonyms
- needs
- demands
- necessitates
- calls for
- mandates
Related Words
- obligatory
- interventions
- taxpayer
- careful
- skill
- minimum
- entities
- input
- permit
- registration
Common Collocations
- requires attention
- requires patience
- requires approval
- as the law requires
- requires a licence
- requires effort
Word Forms
require (v); requires; required; requiring; requirement (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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