Definitions for required
re·quired

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.2 / 6 votes

1. needed, needful, required, requisiteadjective

   necessary for relief or supply

   "provided them with all things needful"

2. compulsory, mandatory, requiredadjective

   required by rule

   "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. required

   Required refers to something that is made necessary or is demanded by circumstances, law, rule, regulation or by a particular situation. It usually implies that there will be consequences for non-compliance or not fulfilling the stated necessary condition or task.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. Required

   of Require

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. required

   For a specific purpose.

   They required passports to travel abroad.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

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   requiredverb

   Verb form of the word require.

   They required many people to prepare the field for the wedding, all gathered and it was completed efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'required' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #645

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'required' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2094

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'required' in Adjectives Frequency: #609

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce required?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say required in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of required in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of required in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of required in a Sentence

1. Lawrence Summers:

   Suppose this required testing every American every week and that each test cost $20, the $6.6billion price tag would be less than one-tenth of the weekly cost of the Cares Act.

2. Bill Gates:

   I'm pleased to have been an early backer of Bill Gross's novel solar concentration technology, its capacity to achieve the high temperatures required for these processes is a promising development in the quest to one day replace fossil fuel.

3. Bruce Klingler:

   She is viewed in disgrace by the majority of South Koreans, park Geun-hye was removed after the constitutionally required number of National Assembly members voted for impeachment.

4. Attorney General Marty Jackley:

   It has always been my position that the citizens of our state should define marriage, and not the federal government, five members of the U.S. Supreme Court have now determined neither the States nor our citizens have the right or the ability to define marriage. Because we are a Nation of laws the State will be required to follow the Court's order.

5. Professor Jonas Buchli:

   The construction site for us, as a robotics researcher, is an interesting environment because it somewhere in between the completely planned and controlled environment of a factory or a lab floor, and the completely chaotic environment of outdoors, so it's kind of a semi-structured environment where we can test and develop the technology that is required for robots to move around and do useful things in such environments.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=required
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/required
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=required