2 VERB If a law or rule requires you to do something, you have to do it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n to-inf] The rules also require employers to provide safety training. □ [V n] At least 35 manufacturers have flouted a law requiring prompt reporting of such malfunctions. □ [V that] The law requires that employees are given the opportunity to improve their performance before they are dismissed. □ [be V -ed + of ] Then he'll know exactly what's required of him.
3 PHRASE If you say that something is required reading for a particular group of people, you mean that you think it is essential for them to read it because it will give them information which they should have. □ [+ for ] It is an important report that should be required reading for every MP. SYNONYMS require VERB 1
need: He desperately needed money.
depend on: He depended on his writing for his income.
necessitate: Frank was carrying out fuel-system tests which necessitated turning the booster pumps off.
re|quire|ment ◆◇◇ /r I kwa I ə r mənt/ (requirements )
1 N‑COUNT A requirement is a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be allowed to do something or to be suitable for something. □ Its products met all legal requirements.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Your requirements are the things that you need. [FORMAL ] □ Variations of this programme can be arranged to suit your requirements. SYNONYMS requirement NOUN 1
necessity: There is agreement on the necessity of reforms.
need: There's no need for you to stay.
requi|site /re kw I z I t/ (requisites )
1 ADJ You can use requisite to indicate that something is necessary for a particular purpose. [FORMAL ] □ She filled in the requisite paperwork.
2 N‑COUNT A requisite is something which is necessary for a particular purpose. [FORMAL ] □ [+ for ] An understanding of accounting techniques is a major requisite for the work of the analysts.
requi|si|tion /re kw I z I ʃ ə n/ (requisitions , requisitioning , requisitioned )
1 VERB If people in authority requisition a vehicle, building, or food, they formally demand it and take it for official use. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded vacationers.
2 N‑COUNT A requisition is a written document which allows a person or organization to obtain goods. □ [+ for ] …a requisition for a replacement photocopier.
re -rou te (re-routes , re-routing , re-routed ) also reroute VERB If vehicles or planes are re-routed , they are directed along a different route because the usual route cannot be used. □ [be V -ed] The heavy traffic was re-routed past my front door. □ [V n] They rerouted the planes at La Guardia airport.
re-run (re-runs , re-running , re-ran ) The spelling rerun is also used. The form re-run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb. The noun is pronounced /riː rʌn/. The verb is pronounced /riː rʌ n/. 1 N‑SING If you say that something is a re-run of a particular event or experience, you mean that what happens now is very similar to what happened in the past. □ [+ of ] It was the world's second worst air disaster, a horrific re-run of the runway collision in 1977.
2 VERB If someone re-runs a process or event, they do it or organize it again. □ [V n] Edit the input text and re-run the software. ● N‑COUNT Re-run is also a noun. □ In the re-run he failed to make the final at all, finishing sixth.
3 VERB [usu passive] If an election is re-run , it is organized again, for example because the correct procedures were not followed or because no candidate got a large enough majority. □ [be V -ed] The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd's insistence after accusations of malpractice. ● N‑COUNT Re-run is also a noun. □ [+ of ] The opposition has demanded a re-run of parliamentary elections held yesterday.
4 VERB To re-run a film, play, or television programme means to show it or put it on again. □ [V n] They re-ran the World Cup final on a big screen.
5 N‑COUNT A re-run is a film, play, or television programme that is shown or put on again. □ Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies. [Also + of ]
re|sale /riː se I l/ N‑UNCOUNT [N n] The resale price of something that you own is the amount of money that you would get if you sold it. □ …a well-maintained used car with a good resale value.
re|sat /riː sæ t/ Resat is the past tense and past participle of resit .
re|sched|ule /riː ʃe djuːl, [AM ] -ske dʒuːl/ (reschedules , rescheduling , rescheduled )
1 VERB If someone reschedules an event, they change the time at which it is supposed to happen. □ [V n] Since I'll be away, I'd like to reschedule the meeting. □ [V n + for/to ] They've rescheduled the vigil for February 14th. ● re|sched|ul|ing (reschedulings ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] All this could lead up to a rescheduling of the trip to Asia.
2 VERB To reschedule a debt means to arrange for the person, organization, or country that owes money to pay it back over a longer period because they are in financial difficulty. □ [V n] …companies that have gone bust or had to reschedule their debts. ● re|sched|ul|ing N‑VAR □ [+ of ] The President is also expected to request a rescheduling of loan repayments.