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| Main Entry: | requirement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, specification, stipulation, stress, terms, urgency, want, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, vital part |
| Main Entry: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, sine qua non, vital part |
| Antonyms: | desire, option, wish |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessities of life; stress, exigency, pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death., needfulness, essentiality, necessity, indispensability, urgency., requisition (request) [more], (exaction) [more]; run upon; demand, call for., charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept., desideratum (desire) [more]; want (deficiency) [more].
-verbs
require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire., render necessary, necessitate, create a necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition (ask for) [more], (demand) [more]., stand in need of; lack [more]; desiderate; desire [more]; be necessary.
-adjectives
required; requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request., urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing., in want of; destitute of [more].
-adverbs
ex necessitate rei (necessarily) [more]; of necessity.
-phrases
there is no time to lose; it cannot be spared, it cannot be dispensed with; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Quintilian]; necessitas non habet legem; nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te
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| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum, counterclaim, postulation, protestation |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, limitation, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specification, stipulation, ultimatum, kicker, paragraph, string attached to something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, entreaty, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want, arrogation, counterclaim, entreatment, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command; rule |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word |
| Antonyms: | request |
| Main Entry: | essential |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, basic |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, bottom line*, brass tacks*, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries*, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes*, must, name of the game*, nitty-gritty*, nuts and bolts*, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at |
| Notes: | the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
| Antonyms: | accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exigency/exigence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; demand |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, crossroad, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, predicament, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape*, stress, turning point*, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour*, criticalness, demandingness, imperativeness, needfulness, pressingness |
| Antonyms: | ease, easiness, ordinariness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | must |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, essential |
| Synonyms: | charge, commitment, condition, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, committal, devoir, ought, precondition, sine qua non |
| Main Entry: | necessity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, essentiality |
| Synonyms: | call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, duress, essence, essential, exigency, fundamental, godsend*, imperative, must, necessary, obligation, pinch, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, stress, urgency, want, desideratum, exaction, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, precondition, sine qua non, undeniability, vital part, vitals |
| Antonyms: | desire, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, accountability, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, dues, duty, engagement, liability, must, necessity, need, occasion, onus, part, place, promise, requirement, restraint, right, trust, understanding, accountableness, committal, devoir, due bill, ought |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prerequisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition, necessity |
| Synonyms: | essential, imperative, must, need, postulate, qualification, requirement, requisite, precondition, sine qua non |
| Antonyms: | extra, option |
| Main Entry: | stipulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition of agreement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arrangement, clause, contract, designation, engagement, fine print, limit, obligation, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, settlement, small print*, specification, term, terms, circumscription, precondition, sine qua non, string attached |
| Antonyms: | implication, request, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exigency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, crossroad, demand, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape, stress, turning point, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour, criticalness, demandingness, exigence, imperativeness, needfulness, pressingness |
| Main Entry: | core curriculum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compulsory school subjects |
| Synonyms: | curriculum, program, requirement, course of instruction, course of study, required course |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
| Synonyms: | act, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ, adjuration, devoir, exaction, interdiction, proscription |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
| Synonyms: | act, assize, behest, bidding, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, demand, dictate, edict, enactment, equity, injunction, institute, instruction, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ, bylaw, decretum, divestiture, due process, garnishment, jurisprudence, reg |
| Antonyms: | breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | standard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guideline, principle |
| Synonyms: | archetype, average, axiom, barometer, beau ideal, belief, benchmark, canon, code, criterion, ethics, example, exemplar, fundamental, gauge, grade, guide, ideal, ideals, law, mean, measure, median, mirror, model, morals, norm, par, paradigm, pattern, requirement, rule, rule of thumb*, sample, specification, test, touchstone, type, yardstick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition or mode of being |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare, chances, state of affairs |
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