required
necessary for relief or supply
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,646 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,055 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- necessary for relief or supply also: needed, needful, requisite provided them with all things needful
- required by rule also: compulsory, mandatory in most schools physical education is compulsoryattendance is mandatory
required in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As assistant, Miss Fenler, small, and wiry, did all that was required of her, and more.
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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They required no second admonition, but rushed into Gluck's room, wet through, and in an agony of terror.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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It is quite singular that the guards and those who had conversed with him were not required to testify.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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He absolutely required the man who was to wait at the table to exhibit the dress-coat he was to wear.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Ralph paid no heed to the brotherly protestations of his admirer, and exchanged only such words with him as their occupations required.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1