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# requirement

noun (a requirement, requirements)

«requirement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something that you must have or must do; a rule that must be met. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#m1)
2. Something that is needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, entry requirements and homework requirements say what must be done; in maths and exams, a question's requirements are what it asks you to give. In everyday life and safety, a helmet is a requirement for riding a bike in some places. Phrases: meet the requirements, a minimum requirement, entry requirements.

### Examples

- A helmet is a requirement on the climbing wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x1)
- You must be 12 to join: that is the age requirement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x2)
- Plants have three main requirements: light, water and air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x3)
- Read the requirements of the question before you answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x4)
- The minimum requirement is 10 points to pass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x5)
- Our project met all the requirements. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x6)
- “I must go indeed,” the boy replied, “for it is to do good I am required, and no person may shirk such a requirement.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Verb: require (formal for need). In maths problems a «minimum requirement» means at least that number; you need that much or more.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «requirement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«requirement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/requirement.html) on Mova free.