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requirement |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Requirement \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: requirement n 1: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn: {demand}] 2: 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" [syn: {necessity}, {essential}, {requisite}, {necessary}] [ant: {inessential}] 3: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission" [syn: {prerequisite}]
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