requirement English · revision 6664

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈkwʌɪəm(ə)nt/ ''(UK)''; /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/, /ɹɪˈkwɑɹmənt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[require]] and [[-ment]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A request or requisition: 1530 in the OED, the 1520s in Etymonline, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The thing required or needed, a want or need, is from 1662, the 1660s in Etymonline;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) a condition that must be met is by 1841.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Fowler, quoted by Etymonline, says that requirement properly means a need and [[requisite]] a needed thing, though the distinction is often ignored.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1530 – a request (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1662 – a need.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1841 – a necessary condition.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something needed or wanted; a [[necessity]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something that must be done or had; a necessary condition or [[prerequisite]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonrequirement]]

+ * [[prerequirement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[require]]

+ * [[requisite]]

+ * [[request]]

+ * [[inquire]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}