Definition of require

• 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 patients consent"
• consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Arent we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
• make someone do something