require

require is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
2. transitive verb. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
3. transitive verb. To ask as a favor; to request.
4. verb. make someone do something

   Synonyms: command

5. verb. consider obligatory; request and expect

   "We require our secretary to be on time"

   "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"

   Synonyms: ask, expect

6. verb. have need of

   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

   Synonyms: need, want

7. verb. require as useful, just, or proper

   "It takes nerve to do what she did"

   "success usually requires hard work"

   Synonyms: ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, take

Synonyms

command, ask, expect, need, want, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, take

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in require:

querier

Common word forms

required, requirer, requires, requiring, requirement

Words from these letters

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