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# require

verb (require, requires, required, requiring)

«require» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To require is to need. A cake requires eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#m1)
2. To require is to make someone do something because of a rule: «Pupils are required to wear a uniform». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: how much of something is needed; often per item, a rate; «required», «how many are required». In science: living things require water, air and food. In everyday life: rules and signs («helmets required»), forms with «required» boxes. In stories: «the quest required great courage».

### Examples

- Each shirt requires 3 buttons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x1)
- The trip requires 4 hours of driving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x2)
- How many eggs are required for 5 cakes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x3)
- A plant requires 2 liters of water a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x4)
- Helmets are required at the skate park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x5)
- All living things require water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x6)
- The game requires two players. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x7)
- Pupils are required to be on time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x8)
- What do you require from me?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/#x9)

### Note

«Each X requires n» is a rate: total = n × number of X. Trap: compare what is required with what you have to find what is still needed (needed − have). «Require» is a more formal word for «need»; «requirement» is the thing needed.

## In Jewish tradition

God "requires" or demands an account, meaning He will call someone to answer and be punished or repay for a wrong.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads "I will require it of him" as a warning that a false prophet or one who ignores God's word will answer to Heaven.

### Examples

- And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him. (Torah DEU.18.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x1)
- And Reuben answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.' (Torah GEN.42.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x2)
- That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. (Torah GEN.31.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x3)
- And when he died, he said: 'The LORD look upon it, and require it.' (Writings 2CH.24.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x4)
- Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'? (Writings PSA.10.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x5)
- When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts? (Prophets ISA.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/#x6)

### Note

«Each X requires n» is a rate: total = n × number of X. Trap: compare what is required with what you have to find what is still needed (needed − have). «Require» is a more formal word for «need»; «requirement» is the thing needed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «require» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/require/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«require» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/require.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «require» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/require/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«require» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/require.html) on Mova free.