B1verb · intransitive · frequent

require

re·quire

require · requires · required · requiring

вимагати, потребувати

требовать, потребовать

erfordern, brauchen, benötigen

To demand, to insist uponTo demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

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UK/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/US/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/

» We require your help.

Wir brauchen Ihre Hilfe.

Wir brauchen deine Hilfe.

Wir brauchen eure Hilfe.

Ми потребуємо вашої допомоги.

Meaning

4 senses

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
erfordern
тре́боватьtrébovatʹ, потре́боватьpotrébovatʹ, тре́боватьtrébovatʹ
вимага́тиvymaháty
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
brauchen, benötigen, erfordern
потребува́тиpotrebuváty
To demand (of someone) to do something.
It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.
(obsolete)To ask (someone) for something; to request; to beseech.
consider obligatory; request and expect

Examples

1425 sentences

We require your help.
Ми потребуємо вашої допомоги. — iceman
deWir brauchen Ihre Hilfe. — MUIRIEL
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Tom requires our assistance.
Тому потрібна наша допомога. — deniko
ruТому требуется наша помощь. — marafon
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Tom didn't require medical attention.
Том не потребував уваги лікарів. — deniko
ruТому не требовалось врачебное вмешательство. — alik_farber
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English is a required class.
Англійська — обов'язковий предмет. — deniko
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Perhaps that requires further explanation.
Можливо те потребує подальшого пояснення. — older
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to demand, call for authoritatively:

to need:

Русский

By meaning 1

to demand, call for authoritatively:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to demand, call for authoritatively:

to need:

Origin

From Old French requerre (whence Modern French requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require,

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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Forms

requires, requiring, required, required

Base form	require · to require
3rd person singular	requires
Present participle	requiring
Past simple	required
Past participle	required

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	require
he, she, it	requires

Past simpleLesson

all persons

required

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have required
he, she, it	has required

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will require

Synonyms

13 synonyms

provideA2 askA1 exactC2 call for

Close in meaning

make someone do something:command
consider obligatory; request and expect:ask expect
have need of:want need
require as useful, just, or proper:necessitate ask postulate need take involve call for demand

Word family

Derivedprerequire requirability requirable require improvement unrequire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

C1The subjunctive and formal structures — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

9 patterns

required to do
be required to
might be required
not be required
requires a lot
required to wear
require assistance
requires patience
not required to