Related Definitions
[v] make someone do something
[v] 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"
[v] have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
[v] 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 calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
Synonyms
ask, ask, call for, command, compel, demand, expect, involve, necessitate, need, need, postulate, take, want