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required

ri-KWYRD/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹd/UKri-KWY-uhd/ɹɪˈkwaɪəd/

2 meanings of required

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Needed by a rule, law, or situation; not optional or left to choice.

    Proof of insurance is required before the car can be registered.

    Students must finish all required courses before they can graduate.

    Similarnecessary, mandatory, obligatory, requisite

    Oppositeoptional, voluntary, unnecessary

  2. 2
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of require.

    The job required years of specialized training.

    Visitors were required to sign in at the front desk.

    UsageOften be required to + verb: visitors were required to sign in. Or something required effort or training.

    Note

    The old meaning "to ask someone for something" is obsolete. So she required his help now reads as need or demand, never as a polite request.

required is a form of require

require, verb: To need something as indispensable; to call for something as a natural necessity. Full entry

Forms
requirerequires he/she/itrequiring -ing formrequired past tense, past participle
Spelling
require → required: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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