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REQUIREMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that is required in advance
Example:
Latin was a prerequisite for admission
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "requirement"):
precondition (a condition that is a prerequisite)
academic requirement (a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program)
essential condition; sine qua non (a prerequisite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Required activity
Example:
there were many demands on his time
Synonyms:
demand; requirement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Derivation:
require (consider obligatory; request and expect)
require (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Anything indispensable
Example:
a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
Synonyms:
essential; necessary; necessity; requirement; requisite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("requirement" is a kind of...):
thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "requirement"):
desideratum (something desired as a necessity)
must (a necessary or essential thing)
need; want (anything that is necessary but lacking)
Derivation:
require (have need of)
Context examples:
The process by which a person is tested and approved to practice in a specialty field, especially medicine, after successfully completing the requirements of a board of specialists in that field.
(Board Certification, NCI Thesaurus)
A coded value specifying special handling requirements for the biologic.
(Biologic Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Issue associated with the connection of device and/or device components being improper or not in accordance with device specification, requirements and intended uses.
(Misconnection Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
It is a professional degree that involves a requirement for undertaking some engineering work.
(Bachelor of Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)
This increases oxygen delivery and reduces oxygen requirements.
(Bepridil Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical specialty board examination but has not taken and passed that examination.
(Board Eligible, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of disorders that encompasses conditions occurring as a result of metabolic dysfunction or deviation from the normal nutritional requirements.
(Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder Class, NCI Thesaurus)
A person to whom a clinical investigator delegates a few of the routine administrative requirements of a protocol.
(Clinical Coordinator, NCI Thesaurus)
‘And he is admirably suited for it,’ the other answered. ‘He has every requirement. I cannot recall when I have seen anything so fine.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A sterile preparation for parenteral use which, upon the addition of suitable solvents, yields a solution conforming in all respects to the requirements for Injections.
(Concentrated Injectable Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
