[verb] 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: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take, involve, call for, demand
[verb] 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" Synonyms: ask, expect
[verb] make someone do something Synonyms: command, compel
[verb] have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" Synonyms: want, need
