require

Definition

  • verb: to need (something)
  • verb: to claim or ask for by right and authority
  • used to say that something is necessary
  • synonyms: need, direct, order

Examples

  • The truck driver carries a special license, as the law 'requires' (him to do). = The truck driver carries a special license, 'as required by' law.

  • What will be 'required' of me if I accept the job? = What will I be 'required' to do if I accept the job?

  • The newspaper is 'required reading' [=reading that must be done] in my politics course.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) of my life l hoped would be closed forever. l was on my way to the Harrisburg Coat Outlet to buy an irregular coat... but it required a stopover in New York City. All l had to do Was Walk a feWblocks from the Rort Authority Bus Terminal... to my train at Renn Station. AnyhoW, l must'ye looked (..)
    1997 TvShow: The Simpsons Title: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson Season: 9 Episode 1
  • (..) I'm sorry. OK. Sorry. Well, I think I'm going up to make some hot cocoa. Would you like to join me for a cup? Thank you, but this requires my immediate attention. I suspect I'll be pulling an all-nighter. I can bring it down to you. Chocolate makes me queasy. OK. (..)
    2003 TvShow: Six Feet Under Title: Making Love Work Season: 3 Episode 6
  • (..) four, five, six punches. Choreograph fights like a dance. Let it sort of happen in front of people ... ... instead of creating it in editing. That required ... ... all of the four major actors ... ... to undergo massively intense ... ... study with one of the best (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited