require in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   ask  require  expect 
   
2. 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"
   necessitate  ask  postulate  need  require  take  involve  call for  demand 
   
3. make someone do something
   command  require 
   
4. have need of
   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
   want  need  require