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

  • (..) twenty… and five… for young Django here. And since you won't be needing it anymore, I'd like to purchase your brother's nag. Also… Mr. Speck, I am afraid I will require a bill of sale. Do you have one? DICKY: You go to hell, dentist! – I thought not. No worries! I come prepared. (..)
    2012 Django Unchained