AS REQUIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does as required mean? 

• AS REQUIRED (adverb)
  The adverb AS REQUIRED has 1 sense:

1. according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)

  Familiarity information: AS REQUIRED used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AS REQUIRED (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)

Synonyms:

as needed; as required; PRN; pro re nata

Context example:

add water as needed

 Context examples 

Issue associated with an unexpected amount of time required to charge the device as required (for example, a delay in starting charging or a longer than expected charge time).

(Charge Times Delayed Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

The annual report as required by various regulations.

(Annual Report, Food and Drug Administration)

A promise of secrecy was of course very dutifully given, but it could not be kept without difficulty; for the curiosity excited by his long absence burst forth in such very direct questions on his return as required some ingenuity to evade, and he was at the same time exercising great self-denial, for he was longing to publish his prosperous love.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)