Definição de 'require'

Frequência da palavra

require

(rɪkwaɪəʳ )

Formas da palavra:3rd person singular present tense requires , present participle requiring , past tense, past participle required

1. verbo

If you require something or if something is required, you need it or it is necessary.

[formal]

If you require further information, you should consult the registrar. [VERB noun]

This isn't the kind of crisis that requires us to drop everything else. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

Some of the materials required for this technique may be difficult to obtain. [VERB-ed]

2. verbo

If a law or rule requires you to do something, you have to do it.

[formal]

The rules also require employers to provide safety training. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

At least 35 manufacturers have flouted a law requiring prompt reporting of such malfunctions. [VERB noun]

The law requires that employees are given the opportunity to improve their performance before they are dismissed. [VERB that]

Then he'll know exactly what's required of him. [be VERB-ed + of]

Sinônimos:order, demand, direct, command Mais sinônimos de require

required reading

Mais sinônimos de require

Video: pronunciation of 'require'

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require in American

(rɪˈkwaɪr ; rikwīrˈ)

verbo transitivoFormas da palavra:reˈquired or reˈquiring

to ask or insist upon, as by right or authority; demand

to require obedience

to order; command

to require someone to be present

to be in need of; need

to require help

to call for as necessary or appropriate

work that requires a steady hand

to demand by virtue of a law, regulation, etc.

what is required by law

6. Archaic

to ask for; request

verbo intransitivo

7. Rare

to make a demand

SIMILAR WORDS: deˈmand, lack

Origem da palavra require

ME requiren < base of OFr requerre < VL *requaerere, for L requirere < re-, again + quaerere, to ask

Frequência da palavra

require in British

(rɪˈkwaɪə )

verbo (mainly tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)

to have need of; depend upon; want

to impose as a necessity; make necessary

this work requires precision

3. (also intr)

to make a formal request (for); insist upon or demand, esp as an obligation

to call upon or oblige (a person) authoritatively; order or command

to require people to account for their actions

▶ USAGE The use of require to as in I require to see the manager or you require to complete a special form is thought by many people to be incorrect: I need to see the manager; you are required to complete a special form

Formas derivadas

requirable (reˈquirable)

adjectivo

requirer (reˈquirer)

substantivo

Origem da palavra require

C14: from Old French requerre, from Vulgar Latin requaerere (unattested) to seek after, from Latin requīrere to seek to know, but also influenced by quaerere to seek

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