requirement

requirement
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. want, necessity;the necessary or requisite; requisition, demand; needfulness, essentiality, indispensability; urgency, exigency, sine qua non, matter of life and death. See compulsion, command.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A prerequisite]
Syn. condition, preliminary condition, essential, imperative, element, requisite, provision, indispensable provision, terms, necessity, stipulation, fundamental, first principle, precondition, reservation, specification, proviso, qualification, vital part, sine qua non (Latin), desideratum, must*; see also basis 1 .
2. [A need]
Syn. necessity, necessary, lack, want, demand, call, claim, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, engrossment, stress, extremity, exigency, pinch, obligation, pressing concern, urgency, compulsion, exaction, requisition.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
necessity, must, essential, need, imperative, requisite, prerequisite, condition, term, provision, dictate.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something indispensable: condition, essential, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, requisite, sine qua non. See NECESSARY.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат
Synonyms:
, , / , , , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • requirement — re‧quire‧ment [rɪˈkwaɪəmənt ǁ ˈkwaɪr ] noun 1. [countable] something that an official organization says a company or person must have or do: • There are deed restrictions, including a requirement that the buyer live in the property. 2.… …   Financial and business terms

  • requirement — requirement, requisite, prerequisite can all mean something that is regarded as necessary to the success or perfection of a thing. Although requirement, the more general term, may be employed in place of requisite, it is the customary term when… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Requirement — Re*quire ment ( ment), n. 1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. [1913 Webster] One of those… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • requirement — I noun adjuration, behest, bidding, call, claim, command, commandment, compulsion, conscription, constraint, decree, decretal, demand, dictate, direction, directive, edict, enforcement, enjoinment, essential, essential desideratum, exaction,… …   Law dictionary

  • requirement — (n.) 1520s, from REQUIRE (Cf. require) + MENT (Cf. ment). Related: Requirements …   Etymology dictionary

  • requirement — ► NOUN 1) something required; a need. 2) something specified as compulsory …   English terms dictionary

  • requirement — [ri kwīr′mənt] n. 1. the act or an instance of requiring 2. something required; something obligatory or demanded, as a condition [the requirements for college entrance] 3. something needed; necessity; need …   English World dictionary

  • Requirement — In engineering, a requirement is a singular documented need of what a particular product or service should be or do. It is most commonly used in a formal sense in systems engineering or software engineering. It is a statement that identifies a… …   Wikipedia

  • requirement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute ▪ There s no absolute requirement to disclose your age. ▪ necessary ▪ core, important, key, main …   Collocations dictionary

  • requirement — n. 1) to establish, set requirements 2) to fill, fulfill, meet, satisfy a requirement 3) to waive a requirement 4) admission, entrance; distributional (AE); legal; minimum; physical requirements 5) a requirement that + clause; subj. (this… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Requirement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Requirement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 requirement requirement need wants necessities Sgm: N 1 necessaries necessaries necessaries of life Sgm: N 1 stress stress exigency pinch sine qua non …   English dictionary for students

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”