requirement

English

Etymology

require +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkwʌɪəm(ə)nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/, /ɹɪˈkwɑɹmənt/

Noun

requirement (plural requirements)

1. A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

   There was a requirement of the government on citizens for paying taxes.

2. Something asked.
3. (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "requirement": stringent, complex, reasonable, mandatory, important, financial, medical, educational, physical, chemical
• Verbs often used with "requirement": meet, comply with, satisfy, fulfill, impose, waive, abolish, drop, add, remove, fail to meet, ignore, understand, state, specify, increase, reduce, change, modify

Synonyms

• (prerequisite): condition, prerequisite, necessity

Hyponyms

• functional requirement
• quality requirement

Related terms

• requirements engineering
• requirements analysis

Translations

necessity

• Arabic: مَطْلَب‏‎ m (maṭlab)
• Armenian: պահանջագիր (hy) (pahanǰagir), պահանջմունք (hy) (pahanǰmunkʿ), պետք (hy) (petkʿ)
• Catalan: requisit m, menester (ca) m, exigència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要求 (zh) (yāoqiú), 需求 (zh) (xūqiú)

• Czech: podmínka (cs) f
• Dutch: vereiste (nl), plicht (nl) f, voorwaarde (nl) f
• Finnish: vaatimus (fi)
• French: exigence (fr) f, besoin (fr) m
• Georgian: საჭიროება (sač̣iroeba), მოთხოვნა (motxovna), აუცილებლობა (aucilebloba), აუცილებელი პირობა (aucilebeli ṗiroba), მოთხოვნილება (motxovnileba)
• German: Anforderung (de) f
• Hindi: ज़रूरत f (zarūrat)
• Hungarian: követelmény (hu)

• Italian: requisito (it) m
• Japanese: 要求 (ja) (ようきゅう, yōkyū)
• Korean: 요구 (ko) (yogu) (要求 (ko))
• Latvian: prasība f, nosacījums m
• Norwegian: krav
• Persian: ضرورت‏‎ (fa) (zarurat)
• Portuguese: exigência (pt) f, requisito (pt) m
• Romanian: condiție (ro) f
• Russian: необходи́мость (ru) f (neobxodímostʹ), тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije)
• Spanish: exigencia (es) f, requisito (es) m
• Swedish: krav (sv)
• Urdu: ضرورت‏‎ f (zarūrat)
• Vietnamese: yêu cầu (vi) (要求)

something asked

• Czech: požadavek (cs) m
• Dutch: vereiste (nl), gevraagde (nl) n
• French: demande (fr)
• Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna)

• Latvian: lūgums m
• Portuguese: pedido (pt)
• Romanian: cerință (ro) f
• Russian: тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije)

engineering: constraint

• Dutch: voorwaarde (nl) f

• French: contrainte (fr) f

Further reading

• requirement at OneLook Dictionary Search