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

India's import licensing requirements, foreign direct investment caps, and state-run trading monopolies control who can do business and under what terms. —Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025

Following that outbreak, California lawmakers strengthened childhood vaccination requirements for schoolchildren. —Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025

The announcement came shortly after President Trump expressed his support for the district, in Massapequa, N.Y., in its fight against complying with a state Board of Regents requirement that all districts abandon mascots that appropriate Native American culture or risk losing state funding. —Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

The current staffing levels are inefficient to provide the service requirements for the 988 system, the briefing stated. —Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 26 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