require.
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
Meaning & usage
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To demand (of someone) to do something.
It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.
To ask (someone) for something; to request; to beseech.
Where this word comes from
From Old French requerre (whence Modern French requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”, literally “to seek back”), from re- (“back; again”) + quaerō (“to seek”, whence query).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.