noun
1. required activity (Freq. 19)
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the requirements of his work affected his health
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there were many demands on his time
• Syn: ↑demand
• Hypernyms: ↑duty, ↑responsibility, ↑obligation
2. anything indispensable (Freq. 18)
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food and shelter are necessities of life
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the essentials of the good life
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allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
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a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
• Ant: ↑inessential (for: ↑essential)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑requisite (for: ↑requisite), ↑require, ↑essential (for: ↑essential), ↑necessitous (for: ↑necessity), ↑necessary (for: ↑necessity), ↑necessitate (for: ↑necessity)
• Hypernyms: ↑thing
• Hyponyms: ↑desideratum, ↑must, ↑need, ↑want
3. something that is required in advance (Freq. 11)
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Latin was a prerequisite for admission
• Syn: ↑prerequisite
• Derivationally related forms: ↑prerequisite (for: ↑prerequisite)
• Hypernyms: ↑duty, ↑responsibility, ↑obligation
• Hyponyms: ↑precondition, ↑academic requirement, ↑essential condition, ↑sine qua non
Useful english dictionary. 2012.