REQUIREMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does requirement mean?
• REQUIREMENT (noun)
The noun REQUIREMENT has 3 senses:
1. required activity
2. anything indispensable
3. something that is required in advance
Familiarity information: REQUIREMENT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REQUIREMENT (noun)
Meaning:
Required activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
requirement; demand
Context examples:
the requirements of his work affected his health / there were many demands on his time
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Meaning:
Anything indispensable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
essential; necessary; requisite; necessity; requirement
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "requirement"):
desideratum (something desired as a necessity)
must (a necessary or essential thing)
need; want (anything that is necessary but lacking)
Meaning:
Something that is required in advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
prerequisite; requirement
Context example:
Latin was a prerequisite for admission
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "requirement"):
precondition (a condition that is a prerequisite)
academic requirement (a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program)
essential condition; sine qua non (a prerequisite)
