English noun: requirement | |||
1. | requirement (cognition) required activity | ||
Samples | The requirements of his work affected his health. There were many demands on his time. | ||
Synonyms | demand | ||
Broader (hypernym) | duty, obligation, responsibility | ||
2. | requirement (object) anything indispensable | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | essential, necessary, necessity, requisite | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | desideratum, must, need, want | ||
Antonyms | inessential, nonessential | ||
3. | requirement (cognition) something that is required in advance | ||
Samples | Latin was a prerequisite for admission. | ||
Synonyms | prerequisite | ||
Broader (hypernym) | duty, obligation, responsibility | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | academic requirement, essential condition, precondition, sine qua non | ||