requisiteadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈrek.wɪ.zɪt/us/ˈrek.wə.zɪt/formalnecessary or needed for a particular purpose:
He lacked the requisite skills for the job.
The requisite number of countries have now ratified the convention.
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Essential or necessary
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically
- basis
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- business-critical
- dependence
- if/when push comes to shove idiom
- imply
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inherent
- integral
- need
- needed
- needful
- occasion
- on a need-to-know basis idiom
- owe
- underlying
- warrant
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requisitenoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈrek.wɪ.zɪt/us/ˈrek.wə.zɪt/formalan important necessary thing:
A good book is a requisite for long journeys.
Self-esteem, self-judgment and self-will are said to be the three requisites of independence.
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Important and essential things
- -based
- amenity
- be-all
- big league
- biggie
- building block
- flagship
- grandaddy
- heavyweight
- hot button
- kernel
- keynote
- keystone
- nucleus
- pivot
- precondition
- prerequisite
- priority
- sine qua non
- supply
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