requirement

English

Etymology

require +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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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, computing) 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, minimum, 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

• Armenian: պահանջագիր (hy) (pahanǰagir), պահանջմունք (hy) (pahanǰmunkʿ), պետք (hy) (petkʿ)
• Belarusian: неабхо́днасць f (njeabxódnascʹ), неабхо́днасьць f (njeabxódnasʹcʹ) (Taraškievica), патрэ́бнасць f (patrébnascʹ), патрэ́бнасьць f (patrébnasʹcʹ) (Taraškievica), кане́чнасць f (kanjéčnascʹ), кане́чнасьць f (kanjéčnasʹcʹ) (Taraškievica), патрэ́ба f (patréba)
• Bulgarian: необходи́мост (bg) f (neobhodímost), потре́бност (bg) f (potrébnost), ну́жда (bg) f (núžda), изи́скване (bg) n (izískvane)
• 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(要求) (ko) (yogu)
• Latvian: prasība f, nosacījums m
• Norwegian: krav
• Persian: ضرورت‎ (fa) (zarurat)
• Plautdietsch: Bederfniss n
• Polish: potrzeba (pl) f
• Portuguese: exigência (pt) f, requisito (pt) m
• Romanian: condiție (ro) f
• Russian: необходи́мость (ru) f (neobxodímostʹ), тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije), потре́бность (ru) f (potrébnostʹ), нужда́ (ru) f (nuždá)
• Slovak: podmienka f
• Spanish: exigencia (es) f, requisito (es) m
• Swedish: krav (sv)
• Ukrainian: потре́ба (uk) (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ), доконе́чність f (dokonéčnistʹ)
• Urdu: ضرورت‎ f (zarūrat)
• Vietnamese: yêu cầu (vi) (要求)

something asked

• Arabic: مَطْلَب‎ m (maṭlab)
• Belarusian: патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje), патрабава́ньне n (patrabavánʹnje) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: изи́скване (bg) n (izískvane), и́скане (bg) n (ískane)
• Czech: požadavek (cs) m
• Danish: krav (da)
• Dutch: vereiste (nl), gevraagde (nl) n
• French: demande (fr)
• Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna)
• German: Anforderung (de) f
• Hungarian: kívánalom (hu)
• Italian: richiesta (it)
• Latvian: lūgums m
• Norwegian: krav
• Polish: wymóg (pl) m, wymaganie (pl) n
• Portuguese: pedido (pt)
• Romanian: cerință (ro) f
• Russian: тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije)
• Slovak: požiadavka f
• Swedish: krav (sv) n
• Ukrainian: вимо́га (vymóha), вимага́ння n (vymahánnja)

engineering: constraint

• Catalan: requisit m
• Dutch: eis (nl) m, voorwaarde (nl) f
• French: contrainte (fr) f, exigence (fr) f
• Galician: requisito m
• German: Anforderung (de) f
• Italian: requisito (it) m
• Portuguese: requisito (pt) m
• Spanish: requisito (es) m

Further reading

• requirement at OneLook Dictionary Search
• requirement in Britannica Dictionary
• requirement in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
• requirement in Ozdic collocation dictionary
• requirement in WordReference English Collocations