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Antonyms for requirement
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-kwahyuh r-muh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkwaɪər mənt |
Definition of requirement
Origin :- 1520s, "request, requisition," from require + -ment. Meaning "things required, a need" is from 1660s. Meaning "that which must be accomplished, necessary condition" is from 1841. Related: Requirements.
- noun necessity
- The rashness of such a requirement and statement can escape no one.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- "There is one requirement that Joro insists on," Sira said in a low voice.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- I shouldn't say that shooting a defenseless man answers that requirement.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- The economists have not been active in urging their subject as a requirement.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- It is an advantage in that it can be adapted to almost any requirement.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- The first requirement of my scheme was that my secret should be in my own keeping.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- His one other requirement was that the place should be complete.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- The first requirement of a good geriatrician was sympathy and understanding.
- Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell
- In his activities he was a fine lesson of the first requirement of life.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- However, every specimen could not be expected to meet every requirement.
- Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
Synonyms for requirement
- claim
- compulsion
- concern
- condition
- demand
- desideratum
- element
- engrossment
- essential
- exaction
- exigency
- extremity
- fulfillment
- fundamental
- imperative
- lack
- must
- need
- obligation
- obsession
- pinch
- precondition
- preliminary
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- prerequisite
- prescription
- provision
- proviso
- qualification
- requisite
- specification
- stipulation
- stress
- terms
- urgency
- vital part
- want
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