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English to English verb
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require as useful, just, or proper |  | Example: 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 postulate a patient's consent
source: wordnet30
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consider obligatory; request and expect | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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make someone do something | | source: wordnet30
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have need of | | Example: This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
source: wordnet30
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To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. | | source: webster1913
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