requisites

NOUN

necessity, want

Synonyms

WEAK

claim compulsion concern condition demand desideratum element engrossment essential exaction exigency extremity fulfillment fundamental imperative lack must need obligation obsession pinch precondition preliminary preoccupation prepossession prerequisite prescription provision proviso qualification sine qua non specification stipulation terms urgency vital part

Antonyms

WEAK

desire option wish

NOUN

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

precondition

STRONG

condition essential must necessity requirement

Antonyms

WEAK

nonessential

Example Sentences

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Ecuador’s Deputy Minister of Human Mobility Alejandro Dávalos told OAS representatives gathered in Washington, D.C. that Glas did not meet the requisites to merit receiving asylum from Mexico and could not be considered politically persecuted.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

The government is also building new “structures, suitable both for sheltering as well as the processing and repatriation of migrants who don’t have the requisites to stay,” a government statement read.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

The three requisites are: No quarantine requirement, fully operational, and good health and safety conditions.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

I was swept up along with the rest of the country and rotated through the requisites: tending to a scallion nub in a glass of water, babying a sourdough starter and baking banana bread.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2021

The greatest requisites in collecting are a pair of sharp eyes and ready hands, with coolness and self-possession; but a few traps will materially aid.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.