Requirement

//ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt//

Synonyms for "requirement" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

condition necessity prerequisite bare necessities blackmail call call for claim contribution demand

Noun(6 words)

necessity prerequisite requisite rule compulsoriness condition

Strong matches (23)

Noun(2 words)

demand essential

demand for desideration desideratum desire dictate draft drain draught draughtsman draughty duty essential essentials exaction expectation extortion extortionate demand heavy demand imposition impost

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indent

Related words (38)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

4 entries

duty obligation responsibility thing

More specific

2 entries

functional requirement quality requirement

Synonyms

3 entries

condition necessity prerequisite

derived

12 entries

corequirement desirement non-functional requirement non-quality requirement nonrequirement peak vehicle requirement prerequirement requirements analysis requirements engineering special service requirement subrequirement working capital requirement

derived from

1 entries

require

has context

1 entries

engineering

is a

2 entries

duty mandate

related to

22 entries

adposition constraint do duty essential for must must do necessary necessity need obligation obligatory of on prerequisite

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Translations

109 translations across 38 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

طَلَب noun (something asked)
مَطْلَب noun (something asked)

Armenian

3 entries

պահանջագիր noun (necessity)
պահանջմունք noun (necessity)
պետք noun (necessity)

Belarusian

4 entries

кане́чнасць noun (necessity)
кане́чнасьць noun (necessity)
неабхо́днасць noun (necessity)
неабхо́днасьць noun (necessity)

Bulgarian

4 entries

и́скане noun (something asked)
изи́скване noun (necessity)
изи́скване noun (something asked)
необходи́мост noun (necessity)

Catalan

4 entries

exigència noun (necessity)
menester noun (necessity)
requisit noun (necessity)
requisit noun (engineering: constraint)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

要求 noun (necessity)
需求 noun (necessity)

Czech

2 entries

podmínka noun (necessity)
požadavek noun (something asked)

Danish

1 entries

krav noun (something asked)

Dutch

4 entries

eis noun (engineering: constraint)
gevraagde noun (something asked)
plicht noun (necessity)
vereiste noun (necessity)

Finnish

1 entries

vaatimus noun (necessity)

French

4 entries

besoin noun (necessity)
contrainte noun (engineering: constraint)
demande noun (something asked)
exigence noun (necessity)

Galician

3 entries

esixencia noun (necessity)
requisito noun (necessity)
requisito noun (engineering: constraint)

Georgian

4 entries

აუცილებელი პირობა noun (necessity)
აუცილებლობა noun (necessity)
მოთხოვნა noun (necessity)
მოთხოვნა noun (something asked)

German

3 entries

Anforderung noun (necessity)
Anforderung noun (something asked)
Anforderung noun (engineering: constraint)

Hindi

4 entries

अनिवार्यता noun (necessity)
आवश्यक noun (something asked)
आवश्यकता noun (necessity)
ज़रूरत noun (necessity)

Hungarian

2 entries

kívánalom noun (something asked)
követelmény noun (necessity)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

ضَرورَت noun (necessity)

Irish

1 entries

gá noun (necessity)

Italian

3 entries

requisito noun (necessity)
requisito noun (engineering: constraint)
richiesta noun (something asked)

Japanese

1 entries

要求 noun (necessity)

Korean

1 entries

요구 noun (necessity)

Latvian

3 entries

lūgums noun (something asked)
nosacījums noun (necessity)
prasība noun (necessity)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

krav noun (necessity)
krav noun (something asked)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

شرط noun (necessity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Bederfniss noun (necessity)

Polish

3 entries

potrzeba noun (necessity)
wymaganie noun (something asked)
wymóg noun (something asked)

Portuguese

4 entries

exigência noun (necessity)
pedido noun (something asked)
requisito noun (necessity)
requisito noun (engineering: constraint)

Romanian

2 entries

cerință noun (something asked)
condiție noun (necessity)

Russian

4 entries

необходи́мость noun (necessity)
нужда́ noun (necessity)
потре́бность noun (necessity)
тре́бование noun (necessity)

Slovak

2 entries

podmienka noun (necessity)
požiadavka noun (something asked)

Spanish

4 entries

exigencia noun (necessity)
requerimiento noun (necessity)
requisito noun (necessity)
requisito noun (engineering: constraint)

Swedish

2 entries

krav noun (necessity)
krav noun (something asked)

Turkish

3 entries

gereklilik noun (necessity)
talep noun (something asked)
zaruret noun (necessity)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вимага́ння noun (something asked)
вимо́га noun (something asked)
доконе́чність noun (necessity)
необхі́дність noun (necessity)

Urdu

1 entries

ضَرُورَت noun (necessity)

Uzbek

1 entries

talab noun (something asked)

Vietnamese

1 entries

yêu cầu noun (necessity)

Welsh

2 entries

angen noun (necessity)
gofyn noun (something asked)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am sorry, but I cannot meet your requirement.

Source: tatoeba (245239)

For that reason the outcome of the primary nursing care requirement authorization has to relate to the amount of nursing care required.

Source: tatoeba (329351)

Claiming that money is not a requirement for happiness is foolish.

Source: tatoeba (915555)

So friendship is also a requirement for happiness.

Source: tatoeba (915632)

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