necessitate
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(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner demands a spectacular dessert" |
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Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, need, require, take |
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Related Words: call for, claim, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, imply, involve, take |
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Antonyms: obviate |
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(verb) cause to be a concomitant |
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Related Words: bring about, entail, imply, mean |
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