Require vs. Required

Require vs. Required — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Require and Required

Requireverb

(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.

Requiredverb

simple past tense and past participle of require

Requireverb

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

Requiredadjective

Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.

Requireverb

Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

Requiredadjective

necessary for relief or supply;

provided them with all things needful
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Requireverb

To demand of (someone) to do something.

Requiredadjective

required by rule;

in most schools physical education are compulsoryattendance is mandatoryrequired reading

Requireverb

require as useful, just, or proper;

It takes nerve to do what she didsuccess usually requires hard workThis job asks a lot of patience and skillThis position demands a lot of personal sacrificeThis dinner calls for a spectacular dessertThis intervention does not postulates a patient's consent

Requireverb

consider obligatory; request and expect;

We require our secretary to be on timeAren't we asking too much of these children?I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons

Requireverb

make someone do something

Requireverb

have need of;

This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
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