require

Verb

• have need of
  • This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
    

• make someone do something

• consider obligatory; request and expect
  • 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
    

• require as useful, just, or proper
  • 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  want , need , command , ask , expect , necessitate , postulate , take , involve , call for , demand
• Antonyms: 
  obviate , rid of , eliminate