requirement

noun

re·​quire·​ment ri-ˈkwī(-ə)r-mənt 

: something required:

a

: something wanted or needed : necessity

production was not sufficient to satisfy military requirements

b

: something essential to the existence or occurrence of something else : condition

failed to meet the school's requirements for graduation

Synonyms

• condition
• demand
• essential
• must
• must-have
• necessary
• necessity
• need
• needful
• requisite
• sine qua non

Examples of requirement in a Sentence

He has met the basic requirements for graduation.

She has fulfilled the general requirements of the course.

Recent Examples on the Web

Marrying Business Impact With Economics While the industry has witnessed a proliferation of smaller, specialized AI models, significant AI chip innovation remains essential to deliver the performance requirements for supporting advanced reasoning and multimodal models. —Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

Clinics, meanwhile, grapple with strict 340B compliance requirements—often without adequate staff or tools to manage efficiently. —Craig Lebrau, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025

This is a repeating annual fixture between the same two boat clubs each year, with no requirement to defeat anyone to get there so a roughly 50% chance of winning for each team and Etonian Matthew Pinsent there to ensure both fair play and the patina of poshness that is at the event's heart. —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

Similar requirements in the past have driven producer countries to strengthen and clarify protections against deforestation. —Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for requirement

• acquirement

Kids Definition

requirement

noun

re·​quire·​ment ri-ˈkwī(ə)r-mənt 

: something that is required or necessary

requirements for graduation