vverb.stativerequire as useful, just, or properSynset:ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate take
Examples:- 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 patient's consent
Antonyms:obviate
Derivationally Related Form:requirementnecessitydemandneed
Inherited Hypernyms:necessitate
Direct Hyponyms:claimcompelcostcry forcry out fordrawexactgoverntake
Full Troponyms:claimcompelcostcry out fordrawgovern
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | It ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: necessitate, require) | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE (apply to: require) | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: need)
vverb.communicationconsider obligatory; request and expectSynset:ask expect
Examples:- We require our secretary to be on time
- Aren't we asking too much of these children?
- I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
Derivationally Related Form:requirementexpectation
Hypernyms:demand
Inherited Hypernyms:askdemandrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:call
Full Troponyms:call
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something from somebody | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: ask, expect, require)
vverb.communicationmake someone do somethingSynset:command
Derivationally Related Form:requisitioncommandcommandment
Hypernyms:enjoin order say tell
Inherited Hypernyms:commandorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:burdenchargedisallowforbidinterdictnixprohibitproscriberequisitionsaddleveto
Full Troponyms:adjurebanbarbear downchargeembargoenjoinforbidoutlawoverburdenoverwhelmrequisition
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: command, require)
vverb.consumptionhave need ofSynset:need want
Examples:- This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Derivationally Related Form:wantwanterrequirementneed
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:wantbe
Direct Hyponyms:cry
Full Troponyms:cry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: want, need, require) | They --- more bread (apply to: want, need, require) | They --- to move (apply to: want, need)