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Require: Meaning, Examples, and Usage Explained (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：need (require)

require 🔊

/rɪˈkwaɪər/

vt.

to need something or someone for a particular purpose or situation.

need 🔊

➕

/niːd/

vt.

To have a necessity for something; to depend on something for success or function.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'requirere' (re- 'again' + quaerere 'ask, seek'), meaning to ask back or need.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 're-quest': when you request something again, you are requiring it.

📖 Example

This science experiment requires a pair of safety goggles and a steady hand. 🔊 This science experiment requires a pair of safety goggles and a steady hand.

🔗 Collocations

require attention – to need careful consideration or focus

require effort – to necessitate hard work or energy

require approval – to need official permission or consent

🔄 Synonyms

need (v.) – To have a necessity for something.

necessitate (v.) – To make something unavoidable or necessary.

call for (v.) – To demand or require as appropriate.

🚫 Antonyms

disregard (v.) – To ignore or pay no attention to.

omit (v.) – To leave out or not include.

forgo (v.) – To decide not to have or do something.

🌱 Derivatives

requirement (n.) – Something that is needed or demanded.

required (adj.) – Necessary or mandatory.

requiring (adj.) – Needing a certain condition or action.

📖 Cultural Story

Require comes from Latin 'requirere' (re- 'again' + quaerere 'ask, seek'). It first meant 'to ask back' in legal contexts, later shifting to 'demand as necessary'. Now common in formal language.

Meaning 2：demand (require)

require 🔊

/rɪˈkwaɪər/

vt.

to officially or forcefully state that someone must do something, often based on rules.

demand 🔊

➕

/dɪˈmænd/

vt.

To impose a command or obligation on someone; to insist that something be done.

📁 Category：Laws & Regulations 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The library rules require everyone to speak in a low voice. 🔊 The library rules require everyone to speak in a low voice.

🔗 Collocations

require compliance – to demand that rules or orders be followed

require action – to insist that something be done

require attendance – to mandate presence or participation

🔄 Synonyms

demand (v.) – To ask for something forcefully or authoritatively.

mandate (v.) – To make something mandatory by official order.

order (v.) – To give a command or instruction.

🚫 Antonyms

allow (v.) – To permit or give consent.

permit (v.) – To authorize or make possible.

exempt (v.) – To free someone from an obligation.

🌱 Derivatives

requirement (n.) – Something that is needed or demanded.

required (adj.) – Necessary or mandatory.

requiring (adj.) – Needing a certain condition or action.