requirementnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈkwaɪə.mənt/us/rɪˈkwaɪr.mənt/B2 something that you must do, or something you need:
A good degree is a minimum requirement for many jobs.
[ + that ] It is a legal requirement that you have insurance for your car.
Students who fail to meet the requirements (of the course) will fail.
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- There is a residency requirement for obtaining citizenship.
- The government estimates that its borrowing requirement this year could reach £150 billion, subject to a wide margin of error.
- Do you have any special dietary requirements?
- One of the requirements of the job is fluency in two or more African languages.
- We haven't yet been able to find a house that meets our requirements.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (for sth) idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out for sth
- demand
- hole
- lack
- lacking
- need
- need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
- needful
- short
- take
- the cupboard is bare idiom
- the UN
- unsatisfied
- vacuum
- want
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Essential or necessary