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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Defensive Positions: Requisites: Clear field of fire.Flanks naturally secure.Extent of ground suitable to strength of force.Effective corps for reserves.Good lines of retreat.Good communication.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

Plumbing Purpose and Requisites for House Plumbing.—A system of house plumbing presupposes the existence of a street sewer, and a water-supply distribution within the house.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

The Requisites of Merit on the Part of God.—Merit requires but one thing on the part of God, viz.: that He accept the good work in actu secundo as deserving of reward.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Divide the following terms as used in Political Economy— Requisites of production, labour, consumption, stock, wealth, capital.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

It is entitled, "Of the Requisites necessary for beginning the practice of this Universal Method."

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David