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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of require

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  require
      v 1: 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
           postulate a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask},
           {postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call
           for}, {demand}] [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}]
      2: 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" [syn: {ask}, {require}, {expect}]
      3: make someone do something [syn: {command}, {require}]
      4: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
         tuner" [syn: {want}, {need}, {require}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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