Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
- 2transitive verb
To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
- 3transitive verb
To ask as a favor; to request.
- 4verb
make someone do something
Synonyms
- 5verb
consider obligatory; request and expect
"We require our secretary to be on time"
"Aren't we asking too much of these children?"
- 6verb
have need of
"This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
- 7verb
require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
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