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requirement

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 19.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
    The requirements of life as we know it include carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, water, and energy.
  2. noun Something asked.
  3. noun A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
    System requirements not met. Go to Settings to learn more.

Similar words

prerequisite necessary requisite essential necessity demand must needs required need

Often followed by

of for that is to in was and on

Word family

require required requirements requires requiring

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