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requisite
- /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ UK
- /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.
adjective more requisite · most requisite
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Essential, indispensable, required.
Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year.
Similar: basic, essential, indispensable, necessar, necessary, necessitous, needed, prerequisite, required, requisite · Opposite: discretionary, elective, facultative, free, noncompulsory, nonmandatory, nonobligate, nonobligatory, nonrequired, nonrequisite, optional, optionary
Opposite: dispensable, gratuitous, inessential, needless, optional, unnecessary, unneeded
noun requisites
- An indispensable item; a requirement. She had a good sort of coarse cleverness, admirably fitted to get on in the world; she possessed those two first requisites, a good constitution and a good temper;...
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: necessary, necessity, required, needful, needed, requirement, essential, prerequisite, need, must-have, compulsory, mandatory, precondition, duly, adequate, sufficient
adjective
Opposite: dispensable, gratuitous, inessential, needless, optional, unnecessary, unneeded
Translations
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adj essential; required
| Español | necesario |
|---|---|
| Português | necessário |
| Français | nécessaire |
| Deutsch | erforderlich, notwendig |
| Italiano | requisito |
| Русский | необходи́мый neobxodímyj, ну́жный núžnyj, тре́буемый trébujemyj |
| العربية | أَسَاسِيّ ʔasāsiyy, ضُرُورِيّ ḍurūriyy |
noun indispensable item
| Español | requisito, arrequives |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Erfordernis, Voraussetzung |
| العربية | لِزَام lizām, مُتَطَلَّب mutaṭallab |
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