The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.
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Require
//ɹɪˈkwaɪə//
Synonyms for "require" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
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More general
16 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δέω verb (to need)
Arabic
2 entries- اِقْتَضَى verb (to need)
- تَطَلَّبَ verb (to need)
Armenian
4 entries- անհրաժեշտ լինել verb (to need)
- կարիք ունենալ verb (to need)
- պահանջել verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- պահանջել verb (to demand of (someone))
Belarusian
2 entries- запатрабава́ць verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- патрабава́ць verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изисквам verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- искам verb (to demand of (someone))
- нуждая се verb (to need)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏂᎬᎦ verb (to need)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 要求 verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- 要求 verb (to demand of (someone))
- 需要 verb (to need)
Czech
4 entries- požadovat verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- vyžadovat verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- vyžadovat verb (to need)
- žádat verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Danish
3 entries- kræve verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- kræve verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- kræve verb (to need)
Esperanto
2 entries- bezoni verb (to need)
- postuli verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Finnish
4 entries- edellyttää verb (to need)
- edellyttää verb (to demand of (someone))
- perätä verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- vaatia verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
French
4 entries- avoir besoin de verb (to need)
- demander verb (to need)
- exiger verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- exiger de verb (to demand of (someone))
Galician
3 entries- precisar verb (to need)
- requirir verb (to need)
- requirir verb (to demand of (someone))
German
4 entries- benötigen verb (to need)
- brauchen verb (to need)
- erfordern verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- erfordern verb (to need)
Greek
1 entries- χρειάζομαι verb (to need)
Hungarian
2 entries- követel verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- megkövetel verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Ido
1 entries- necesigar verb (to need)
Interlingua
1 entries- requirer verb (to need)
Italian
4 entries- domandare verb (to demand of (someone))
- esigere verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- necessitare verb (to need)
- prevedere verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Japanese
4 entries- 必要とする verb (to need)
- 要する verb (to need)
- 要求する verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- 要求する verb (to demand of (someone))
Korean
1 entries- 요구하다 verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Lao
1 entries- ຕ້ອງການ verb (to need)
Polish
1 entries- potrzebować verb (to need)
Portuguese
4 entries- exigir verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- necessitar verb (to need)
- precisar de verb (to need)
- requerer verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Russian
4 entries- потре́бовать verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- потре́бовать verb (to demand of (someone))
- тре́бовать verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- тре́бовать verb (to demand of (someone))
Spanish
2 entries- necesitar verb (to need)
- requerir verb (to need)
Swedish
4 entries- avkräva verb (to demand of (someone))
- behöva verb (to need)
- kräva verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- kräva verb (to need)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ñäsk verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Turkish
3 entries- gereksinmek verb (to need)
- gerektirmek verb (to need)
- icap etmek verb (to need)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вимага́ти verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
- потребува́ти verb (to need)
Vietnamese
1 entries- yêu cầu verb (to demand, call for authoritatively)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The rules require us all to be present.
Source: tatoeba (20234)
Fruit trees require a large amount of space in which to grow.
Source: tatoeba (23947)
If it's going to require a total restructuring, I'm sure they will be satisfied with the old system.
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