require
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(verb) make someone do something |
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Synonyms: command, compel |
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Related Words: burden, charge, disallow, enjoin, forbid, interdict, order, prohibit, proscribe, requisition, saddle, say, tell, veto |
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(verb) consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?" "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" |
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Synonyms: ask, expect |
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Related Words: call, demand |
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(verb) have need of: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" |
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Synonyms: need, want |
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Related Words: be, cry |
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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, necessitate, need, 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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