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Require

/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/

To ask (someone) for something; to request.

📖 Definitions of "Require"

verb

1
To ask (someone) for something; to request.
2
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
3
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
4
To demand of (someone) to do something.

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
compelverb	(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
necessitateverb	(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
commandnoun	An order to do something.
demandnoun	The desire to purchase goods and services.
wantverb	(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
needverb	(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
involveverb	To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
askverb	To request or petition.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
expectverb	(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
rid ofverb	do away with

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
demandverb	The desire to purchase goods and services.
askverb	To request or petition.
commandverb	(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
necessitateverb	(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
needverb	(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
compelverb	(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
involveverb	To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
expectverb	(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
wantverb	(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
requestverb	(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
commitverb	(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
compulsorynoun	Required; obligatory; mandatory.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
solicitverb	(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
claimverb	To demand ownership of.
receiveverb	(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
justifyverb	(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
askingnoun	The act or process of posing a question or making a request.