require

Other forms of require

past tense

required·

present participle

requiring·

third person

requires·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about require

What does require mean?

require means "require as useful, just, or proper". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in require?

require has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌɹiˈkwaɪɚ/.

What is another word for require?

Close synonyms include necessitate, ask, postulate, need, take. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is require a common word?

require is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with require?

3 words rhyme with require. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.