requirement
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.
Example
“The requirements of life as we know it include carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, water, and energy.”
Other meanings
Something asked.
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.
“System requirements not met. Go to Settings to learn more.”
Synonyms
- demand
Related words
- corequirement
- desirement
- nonrequirement
- prerequirement
- subrequirement
- requirements engineering
- working capital requirement
- non-functional requirement
- peak vehicle requirement
- special service requirement
- requirements analysis
- non-quality requirement
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “requirement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.