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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required
     (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren,
     requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ?rir; L. pref. re- re- +
     quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf.
     Request, Requisite.]
     1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and
        authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of
        property.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Shall I say to C[ae]sar
              What you require of him?              --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              By nature did what was by law required. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Just gave what life required, and gave no more.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The two last [biographies] require to be
              particularly noticed.                 --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To ask as a favor; to request.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I was ashamed to require of the king a band of
              soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy
              in the way.                           --Ezra viii.
                                                    22.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order;
          demand; need.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required
     (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren,
     requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ?rir; L. pref. re- re- +
     quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf.
     Request, Requisite.]
     1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and
        authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of
        property.
  
              Shall I say to C[ae]sar What you require of him?
                                                    --Shak.
  
              By nature did what was by law required. --Dryden.
  
     2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
  
              just gave what life required, and gave no more.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
  
              The two last [biographies] require to be
              particularly noticed.                 --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
  
     3. To ask as a favor; to request.
  
              I was ashamed to require of the king a band of
              soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy
              in the way.                           --Ezra viii.
                                                    22.
  
     Syn: To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order;
          demand; need.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  required
       adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
              things needful" [syn: needed, needful, requisite]
       2: required by rule; "in most schools physical education are
          compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
          [syn: compulsory, mandatory]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     Αγγλικά a.
     απαραίτητος, απαιτούμενος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     a.
     necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
     vb.
     (infl of en require  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     a.
     necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
     vb.
     (infl of en require  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     a.
     necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
     vb.
     (infl of en require  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     a.
     necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
     vb.
     (infl of en require  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r equire d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  required
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en require ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb require)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  مطلوب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/ 
  požadovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/ 
  požadovaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  abverlangt
     Synonym: demanded
  
   see: demand, require, demanding, requiring
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  gebraucht, benötigt
        "I/he/she required"  - ich/er/sie brauchte, ich/er/sie benötigte
        "er/sie has/had required"  - er/sie hat/hatte gebraucht, er/sie hat/hatte benötigt
     Synonym: needed
  
   see: need sth., require sth., needing, requiring, he/she needs, he/she requires, he/she would need, need a rest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  erforderlich, nötig, geboten 
        "It is required …"  - Es ist erforderlich …
     Synonyms: needed, called for, due
  
   see: with sufficient urgency
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  verlangt, erfordert, vorausgesetzt, bedingt
        "No previous knowledge is required for the course."  - Für den Kurs werden keine Vorkenntnisse verlangt.
   see: require sth., requiring, requires, required, when particular circumstances so require, require a great deal of energy, The situation calls for swift action.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  verlangte, erforderte, setzte voraus, bedingte
        "No previous knowledge is required for the course."  - Für den Kurs werden keine Vorkenntnisse verlangt.
   see: require sth., requiring, required, requires, when particular circumstances so require, require a great deal of energy, The situation calls for swift action.
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  required /ɹɪkwˈaɪəd/
  morale, nužan, potreban, potrebno, treba imati, zahtjevane

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹiˈkwaɪɝd/, /ɹiˈkwaɪɹd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "required":
     absolute, binding, called for, compulsatory, compulsory,
     conclusive, de rigueur, decisive, decretory, dictated, entailed,
     essential, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, imperious, imposed,
     indicated, indispensable, inevitable, involuntary, irreducible,
     irreductible, irreplaceable, irrevocable, mandated, mandatory,
     must, necessary, needed, needful, obligatory, peremptory,
     prerequisite, prescript, prescriptive, requisite, ultimate,
     unforgoable, vital, wanted, without appeal
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 必需的;
  v. 需要,命令,要求;
  vbl. 需要,命令,要求;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     所要求的

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