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A requirement is something that’s mandatory or necessary—it’s something you need to have or need to do.

Requirement is most often used in official contexts in which achieving a certain status requires you to perform certain actions or have certain things, such as documents.

Example: By passing this class you have now met all of the basic requirements for your major and will be able to walk at graduation in May.

The first records of requirement come from the 1500s. It is the noun form of the verb require, which is first recorded in the 1300s and comes from the Latin ������ī�������, meaning “to seek to know.” The suffix -ment is used to turn it into a noun.

If something is a requirement, it is not optional. Requirements typically must be fulfilled before you can complete something, reach a certain status, or move on to a next step. Many high schools and universities have official graduation requirements, which are usually particular classes that students need to take and projects they need to complete in order to be eligible to graduate. Job requirements are the qualifications that employers require you to have to be hired for a certain position. Each nation has its own citizenship requirements, which can include a variety of things, but often include official documents as well as specific knowledge about the country.

What are some other forms related to requirement?

• require (verb)
• nonrequirement (noun)
• prerequirement (noun)
• superrequirement (noun)

What are some synonyms for requirement?

• obligation
• demand
• necessity

What are some words that share a root or word element with requirement?��

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• requisite
• acquire
• inquire

What are some words that often get used in discussing requirement?

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• need
• qualification
• application
• condition
• criteria

Requirement is typically used in situations when something is needed to gain an official status, such as to become a graduate, citizen, or employee.

OTD #1794 Senate votes 14-12 to expel Albert Gallatin for not meeting nine-year citizenship requirement.

Gallatin later became a US Representative, Treasury Secretary & diplomat

— Library of Congress (@librarycongress)

why is having a car a requirement for so many full time jobs like ?? I don’t have money for a car ?? that’s kind of why I need this job

— 𝗋𝖺𝗇⁷ ✧ (@chansdinosaur)

Genuinely wish one year of shop class, half a year of auto shop class, one year of home economics, and one half year of Excel had been high school graduation requirements.

— Lethality Jane (@sgtjanedoe)

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Which of the following words is least likely to describe a requirement?

A. mandatory
B. necessary
C. optional
D. essential