require

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

[edit] Etymology

From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Vulgar Latin *requærere, from Latin requīrō (“‘I require, seek, ask for’”).

[edit] Verb

to require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)

1. (Have two sense: active or passive) 'Active' creates an obligation, 'passive' do not create an obligation.

   A sandwich requires bread.

   I require a sandwich.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
3. To ask as a favor; to request.

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