Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Needed; essential.
  • adjective Obligatory.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of require.

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  • adjective required by rule
  • adjective necessary for relief or supply

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Examples

  • The cross-referenced section 5000A(e)(1)(B) defines the term "required contribution" for this purpose as "the portion of the annual premium which would be paid by the individual… for self-only coverage."

    unknown title 2011

  • The cross-referenced section 5000A(e)(1)(B) defines the term "required contribution" for this purpose as "the portion of the annual premium which would be paid by the individual… for self-only coverage."

    Forbes.com: News Avik Roy 2011

  • 'Lactation' was the title required a heightened level of perception to come to terms with.

    Dead Famous Elton, Ben 2001

  • But their later mode of development, the degree of perfection acquired by the egg and germ before being laid, the term required for the germ to come to maturity, as well as the frequency and regularity of the broods, are all features varying with the different kinds of animals.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

  • Nor was the suspension of the prohibitory ordinance to continue a day longer than the term required by the monarch to decide whether he preferred to modify its provisions or leave them unchanged.

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • The term required to be divided is known as the Totum Divisum or Divided Whole.

    Deductive Logic St. George William Joseph Stock

  • In Paris, five years is the term required in a great number; but before any person can be qualified to exercise the trade as a master, he must, in many of them, serve five years more as a journeyman.

    X. Book I. Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock 1909

  • The American party proposed to extend the term required for naturalization and to bar the foreigners from holding office.

    Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Pleasant A. Stovall 1896

  • A school master whose occupation had been suspended for twelve or eighteen months, within the term required for his previous pursuit of the business, is not entitled to an exemption under the act of Congress, passed on the

    Cases of habeas corpus, decided by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, at the June term, 1863, North Carolina. Supreme Court 1863

  • Once the file is cracked, it produces a code which is the keyword required by the very first page of the challenge.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Victoria Ward 2011

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