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requirement

[ ri-kwahyuhr-muhnt ]

noun

  1. that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory:

    One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.

  2. an act or instance of requiring.

    Synonyms: claim, demand, directive, injunction, command, order

  3. a need or necessity:

    to meet the requirements of daily life.



requirement

/ rɪˈkwaɪəmənt /

noun

  1. something demanded or imposed as an obligation

    Latin is no longer a requirement for entry to university

  2. a thing desired or needed
  3. the act or an instance of requiring


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Other Words From

  • nonre·quirement noun
  • prere·quirement noun
  • super·re·quirement noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of requirement1

First recorded in 1520–30; require + -ment

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Idioms and Phrases

see meet the requirements .

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Synonym Study

Requirement, requisite refer to that which is necessary. A requirement is some quality or performance demanded of a person in accordance with certain fixed regulations: requirements for admission to college. A requisite is not imposed from outside; it is a factor which is judged necessary according to the nature of things, or to the circumstances of the case: Efficiency is a requisite for success in business. Requisite may also refer to a concrete object judged necessary: the requisites for perfect grooming.

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Example Sentences

The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.

So working with the militants in order to deliver aid “becomes a requirement,” she said.

But until recently, there was no requirement for government agencies to report deaths in police custody.

There is no requirement for a member of Congress to resign after pleading guilty to a felony.

It continues to be the official position that “being open to life” is “an intrinsic requirement of married love.”

The law is very strict in its requirement of banks when paying the checks of customers.

Commands addressed to believers are at once, even while inculcated, a law and a covenant requirement.

The Constitutional requirement for making the document effective was ratification by nine states.

To the requirement of a covenant like that of works, their resolutions and endeavours are alike inadequate.

His disobedience is not as if that requirement were inconsistent with his natural powers, but as opposed by their tendency.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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