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

  • (..) and crafty in the middle. Why would I want anything with a mind of its own bobbing about between my legs? Then I should require a bicycle, Thank you very much. It's .... I could've chartered a balloon. How can we make this more manageable? It's not as if Germany going somewhere... (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • (..) Holmes has inconvenienced me in recent months. The question is ... What to do about it? But ... That's my problem to solve now. I no longer require your services. Misses Hudson? Oooh... Misses Hudson? Holmes... You in there? Your hedge needs trimming. Remember... I have to catch the last. (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows