requiring
Syllables: re·quir·ingUK/ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ//ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
requiring is the present participle and gerund of require.
Meaning of require
Verb
require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)
- To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
- "I am Miss Newbury," I announced, "and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please."1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books
- Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
- Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.1972 June 5, “Aid for Aching Heads”, in Time
- To demand (of someone) to do something.
- It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.
- Synonyms:
- provide
- To ask (someone) for something; to request; to beseech.
- I requyre yow lete vs be sworne to gyders that neuer none of vs shalle after this day haue adoo with other, and there with alle syre Tristram and sire Lamorak sware that neuer none of hem shold fyghte ageynst other nor for wele, nor for woo.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum XI”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer...
Noun
requiring (plural requirings)
- A requirement.
- a. 1798, Joshua Evans
In the days of my sorrow for sin, I fully believed there was in God alone, a rest for the righteous; and no true rest in any other way, than through obedience to his holy requirings.
- a. 1798, Joshua Evans
Forms of requiring
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Words formed from requiring
Phrases with requiring
Words that rhyme with requiring
Questions about requiring
- What does requiring mean?
- Requiring means a requirement.
- What is requiring the present participle and gerund of?
- Requiring is the present participle and gerund of require.
- What part of speech is requiring?
- Requiring is a noun.
- How do you pronounce requiring?
- Requiring is pronounced /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of requiring?
- The plural of requiring is requirings.
Words near requiring in the dictionary
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