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requirement

re·quire·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-kwahyuh r-muh nt]
    • /rɪˈkwaɪər mənt/
    • /rɪˈkwaɪəmənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-kwahyuh r-muh nt]
    • /rɪˈkwaɪər mənt/

Definitions of requirement word

  • noun requirement that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy. 1
  • noun requirement an act or instance of requiring. 1
  • noun requirement a need or necessity: to meet the requirements of daily life. 1
  • noun requirement need 1
  • noun requirement prerequisite 1
  • noun requirement school subject 1
See all 13 definitions of requirement

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Origin of requirement

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; require + -ment

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Requirement

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Requirement

requirement popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

requirement usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for requirement

noun requirement

  • adjuration — a solemn charge or command
  • bylaw — A bylaw is a law which is made by a local authority and which applies only in their area.
  • claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  • clause — A clause is a section of a legal document.
  • command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
All 53 Synonyms of requirement

Top questions with requirement

  • what are the requirement to be president?
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  • which mineral has the smallest daily requirement?
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Related words

  • condition

    If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.

  • need

    a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.

  • vector

    Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.

  • aboveboard

    An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing.

  • adequate

    If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.

  • auxotroph

    a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism
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