- requisite
- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere Date: 15th century essential, necessary • requisite noun • requisiteness noun
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requisite — req‧ui‧site [ˈrekwzt] adjective [only before a noun] formal needed for a particular purpose: • The financiers may be willing to step in and provide the requisite guarantees. * * * Ⅰ. requisite UK US /ˈrekwɪzɪt/ adjective [before noun] FORMAL … Financial and business terms
requisite — [rek′wə zit] adj. [L requisitus, pp. of requirere: see REQUIRE] required, as by circumstances; necessary for some purpose; indispensable [the requisite supplies for a journey] n. something requisite SYN. ESSENTIAL, NEED … English World dictionary
Requisite — Req ui*site, a. [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re re + quaerere to ask. See {Require}.] Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable. [1913 Webster] All… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
requisite — adj *needful, necessary, indispensable, essential Analogous words: compelled or compulsory, constrained, obliged or obligatory (see corresponding verbs at FORCE): fundamental, *essential, cardinal, vital requisite n *requirement … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Requisite — Req ui*site (r?k w? z?t), n. That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. [1913 Webster] God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
requisite — I adjective basic, binding, called for, compulsory, crying, demanded, entailed, essential, exigent, expedient, imperative, important, in demand, incumbent on, indispensable, ineluctable, inevasible, instant, mandatory, must, necessahus, necessary … Law dictionary
requisite — late 15c., from L. requisitus, pp. of requirere (see REQUIRE (Cf. require)) … Etymology dictionary
requisite — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations. ► NOUN ▪ a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end. ORIGIN Latin requisitus searched for, deemed necessary , from requirere require … English terms dictionary
Requisite — Das fiktive Buch Necronomicon aus der Horror und Fantasyliteratur als Requisite Ein Requisit (von lat. requisitum „erforderliches Ding“) ist ein beweglicher Gegenstand, der zur Ausstattung von Szenen in Theateraufführungen oder in Film und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
requisite — [[t]re̱kwɪzɪt[/t]] requisites 1) ADJ: usu the ADJ n You can use requisite to indicate that something is necessary for a particular purpose. [FORMAL] She filled in the requisite paperwork. Syn: required 2) N COUNT: usu with supp A requisite is… … English dictionary
requisite — req|ui|site1 [ˈrekwızıt] adj [only before noun] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of requirere; REQUIRE] needed for a particular purpose = ↑necessary, required ↑required ▪ He lacks the requisite qualifications. requisite … Dictionary of contemporary English
