Requirement
noun
Something that is needed or expected.
A bachelor's degree is a requirement for this job.
Often appears as...
- minimum requirement
- legal requirement
noun
A specification in a contract that must be fulfilled.
The requirement of the contract is for you to deliver goods on time.
Often appears as...
- contractual requirement
- fulfill a requirement
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Formal
Academic
noun
A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem.
The requirement for the software is to run on multiple platforms.
Often appears as...
- system requirement
- software requirement
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Technical
noun
Something that is needed or expected.
A bachelor's degree is a requirement for this job.
Often appears as...
- minimum requirement
- legal requirement
noun
A specification in a contract that must be fulfilled.
The requirement of the contract is for you to deliver goods on time.
Often appears as...
- contractual requirement
- fulfill a requirement
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem.
The requirement for the software is to run on multiple platforms.
Often appears as...
- system requirement
- software requirement
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
Be aware of the context to understand the specific requirements of a situation or task.
Knowing the requirements for a driver's license depends on each country's rules.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Clarity
In some contexts, 'requirement' implies that failing to meet the standard may lead to consequences.
He didn't meet the job's requirements, so he wasn't hired.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
Be aware of the context to understand the specific requirements of a situation or task.
Knowing the requirements for a driver's license depends on each country's rules.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Clarity
In some contexts, 'requirement' implies that failing to meet the standard may lead to consequences.
He didn't meet the job's requirements, so he wasn't hired.
Pro Tip 1/2Context Matters
Be aware of the context to understand the specific requirements of a situation or task.
Knowing the requirements for a driver's license depends on each country's rules.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Clarity
In some contexts, 'requirement' implies that failing to meet the standard may lead to consequences.
He didn't meet the job's requirements, so he wasn't hired.
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Why specializing early...
the central circle on the right probably looks larger to you because your brain is drawn to the relationship of the parts in the whole, whereas someone who hasn't been exposed to modern work with its requirement for adaptable, conceptual thought, will see correctly that the central circles are the same size. So here we are in the wicked work world,
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Why are these 32 symbols...
than we could very well be looking at one of the oldest systems of graphic communication in the world. I'm not talking about writing yet. There's just not enough characters at this point to have represented all of the words in the spoken language, something which is a requirement for a full writing system.
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The Reality Behind...
Do you think it's harder than you anticipated it would be? Caring for reptiles? Yeah. The care requirements are pretty vast. Most of the time when you get a reptile, it's basically up to you to do that research. And then one of the biggest issues is that a lot of especially like chain pet stores,
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New York -- before the...
reproductive resources, and a sense of meaning. This is the particular additional habitat requirement of humanity. And so many of the talks here at TED are about meaning, about bringing meaning to our lives in all kinds of different ways, through technology, through art, through science,
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Math is the hidden...
then you really learn something about it. That's somehow the essence of something. So when we do this, and we've taken this journey into the ocean, we use our imagination. And I think this is one level deeper, and it's actually a requirement for changing your perspective.
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He Spent His Career...
now to assess the requirements for these species it needs to be protected given the current extinction crisis especially among amphibians we have had no idea how much we're actually losing at the moment so being able to identify all these species it gives us an actual
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Stories: Legacies of who...
and we should go down to a board meeting and tell them that want to have advanced classes for A through G requirements." So, I tell you this story today in honor of the legacy of young people that have come before, so that they will have guideposts and signs
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Launching a Food...
comes from what it does their body and it can help them make better choices for themselves and their family I am fighting that as a requirement I believe that this that is the next civil rights issue of this country I truly believe that I've
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Donald Sadoway: The...
is compelling, but the fact is that today there is simply no battery technology capable of meeting the demanding performance requirements of the grid -- namely uncommonly high power, long service lifetime and super-low cost.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
but sleep requirements do not go down. And the fourth myth is early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Well, that's wrong at so many different levels.
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Why specializing early...
the central circle on the right probably looks larger to you because your brain is drawn to the relationship of the parts in the whole, whereas someone who hasn't been exposed to modern work with its requirement for adaptable, conceptual thought, will see correctly that the central circles are the same size. So here we are in the wicked work world,
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Why are these 32 symbols...
than we could very well be looking at one of the oldest systems of graphic communication in the world. I'm not talking about writing yet. There's just not enough characters at this point to have represented all of the words in the spoken language, something which is a requirement for a full writing system.
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The Reality Behind...
Do you think it's harder than you anticipated it would be? Caring for reptiles? Yeah. The care requirements are pretty vast. Most of the time when you get a reptile, it's basically up to you to do that research. And then one of the biggest issues is that a lot of especially like chain pet stores,
Video examples
New York -- before the...
reproductive resources, and a sense of meaning. This is the particular additional habitat requirement of humanity. And so many of the talks here at TED are about meaning, about bringing meaning to our lives in all kinds of different ways, through technology, through art, through science,
Video examples
Math is the hidden...
then you really learn something about it. That's somehow the essence of something. So when we do this, and we've taken this journey into the ocean, we use our imagination. And I think this is one level deeper, and it's actually a requirement for changing your perspective.
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He Spent His Career...
now to assess the requirements for these species it needs to be protected given the current extinction crisis especially among amphibians we have had no idea how much we're actually losing at the moment so being able to identify all these species it gives us an actual
Video examples
Stories: Legacies of who...
and we should go down to a board meeting and tell them that want to have advanced classes for A through G requirements." So, I tell you this story today in honor of the legacy of young people that have come before, so that they will have guideposts and signs
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Launching a Food...
comes from what it does their body and it can help them make better choices for themselves and their family I am fighting that as a requirement I believe that this that is the next civil rights issue of this country I truly believe that I've
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Donald Sadoway: The...
is compelling, but the fact is that today there is simply no battery technology capable of meeting the demanding performance requirements of the grid -- namely uncommonly high power, long service lifetime and super-low cost.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
but sleep requirements do not go down. And the fourth myth is early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Well, that's wrong at so many different levels.
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Gabe Newell
American Businessman
If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will change radically. You need people who are adaptable because the thing that makes you the best in the world in one generation of games is going to be totally useless in the next.
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Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
Peace is a very poor aspiration. Unfortunately, even so-call spiritual leaders are going about saying that the ultimate goal of life is to find peace. Peace is a fundamental requirement. Why are you making it as the last thing in your life? It must be the first thing that happens to you.
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Elena Kagan
American Judge
I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception.
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James Lasdun
British Writer
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a novel, with its requirements of concentration and economy.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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Frank Moore Colby
American Educator
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.
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Ray Kroc
American Businessman
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
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Gabe Newell
American Businessman
If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will change radically. You need people who are adaptable because the thing that makes you the best in the world in one generation of games is going to be totally useless in the next.
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Jaggi Vasudev
Indian Author
Peace is a very poor aspiration. Unfortunately, even so-call spiritual leaders are going about saying that the ultimate goal of life is to find peace. Peace is a fundamental requirement. Why are you making it as the last thing in your life? It must be the first thing that happens to you.
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Elena Kagan
American Judge
I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
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Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.
Quote examples
Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception.
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James Lasdun
British Writer
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to writing a novel, with its requirements of concentration and economy.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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Frank Moore Colby
American Educator
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.
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Ray Kroc
American Businessman
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
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