Hypertext Webster Gateway: "requirement"
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) 1.7 (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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