Definitions for: Requirement


[n] something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"
[n] required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
[n] anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*quire"ment (-ment), n.
1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative
command; an essential condition; something needed or
necessary; a need.

One of those who believe that they can fill up every
requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.
--J. M. Mason.

God gave her the child, and gave her too an
instinctive knowledge of its nature and
requirements. --Hawthorne.

Synonyms: demand, essential, necessary, necessity, prerequisite, requisite

Antonyms: inessential, nonessential

See Also: academic requirement, desideratum, duty, entity, essential condition, need, obligation, physical thing, precondition, responsibility, sine qua non, want

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