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требовать

require

Meaning of требовать

to need something as necessary

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Russian[ˈtrʲebəvətʲ]
require
требовать - require
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требовать with English translation

требовать usage examples

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

This job will require a lot of patience.

Эта работа будет требовать большого терпения.

🇬🇧English🇷🇺Russian

We require your signature here.

Нам требуется ваша подпись здесь.

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требовать belongs to the topic "Top 1000". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

требоватьrequire
готовитьcook
менятьchange
завязыватьtie
следоватьfollow
убиратьremove
ощущатьсяfeel

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Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between требовать / требоваться / нуждаться / потребовать / заставлять / обязывать

🇷🇺Russian
требовать

General word meaning to demand or state that something is necessary.

B1Very Often

This job requires a lot of time.

Эта работа требует много времени.

Т
🇷🇺Russian
требоваться

Impersonal form: something is needed or necessary.

B1Often

More money is required for the repair.

Для ремонта требуется больше денег.

🇷🇺Russian

To need something; to lack something necessary.

B1Often

He needs help.

Он нуждается в помощи.

П
🇷🇺Russian
потребовать

Perfective aspect: to demand or require something, usually as a completed action.

B1Often

This decision will require time.

Это решение потребует времени.

З
🇷🇺Russian
заставлять

To make someone do something; stronger and more coercive than require.

B1Often

The weather forces us to stay at home.

Погода заставляет нас оставаться дома.

О
🇷🇺Russian
обязывать

To oblige or impose a duty; often used about rules and laws.

B1Often

The law obliges drivers to wear seat belts.

Закон обязывает водителей пристёгиваться.

🇷🇺Russian

To request information, a document, or data in a formal way; not the same as 'need'.

B1Rarely

The company requests additional documents.

Компания запрашивает дополнительные документы.

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How to pronounce требовать and what this word means

требовать translation: require. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce требовать

[ˈtrʲebəvətʲ]

требовать translation

require

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требовать transcription

[ˈtrʲebəvətʲ]

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требовать meaning: what does it mean?

нуждаться в чём-то как в обязательном условии

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This job will require a lot of patience. Translation: Эта работа будет требовать большого терпения.

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