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NOUN (3)

1. required activity;
- Example: "the requirements of his work affected his health"
- Example: "there were many demands on his time"
[syn: requirement, demand]

2. anything indispensable;
- Example: "food and shelter are necessities of life"
- Example: "the essentials of the good life"
- Example: "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"
- Example: "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
[syn: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary]

3. something that is required in advance;
- Example: "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"
[syn: prerequisite, requirement]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Requirement \Re*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.
   1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.
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   2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative
      command; an essential condition; something needed or
      necessary; a need.
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            One of those who believe that they can fill up every
            requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.
                                                  --J. M. Mason.
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            God gave her the child, and gave her too an
            instinctive knowledge of its nature and
            requirements.                         --Hawthorne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

requirement
    n 1: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected
         his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn:
         requirement, 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, requirement,
       requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
       nonessential]
    3: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a
       prerequisite for admission" [syn: prerequisite,
       requirement]