require
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
require as useful, just, or proper
It takes nerve to do what she did
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
consider obligatory; request and expect
We require our secretary to be on time
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- requirement derivation
- expectation derivation
Sense 3 verb
make someone do something
Types & categories
- order hypernym
- burden hyponym
- requisition hyponym
- nix hyponym
Related & opposite
- bid derivation
- commandment derivation
- requisition derivation
Sense 4 verb
have need of
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- essential derivation
- need derivation
- wanter derivation
- need derivation
- deficiency derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | obviate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | requirement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessity |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | exact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | govern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cry out for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | requirement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expectation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | demand |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | commandment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisition |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | order |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | burden |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | requisition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nix |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficiency |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cry |