requisite
required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
something requisite; a necessary quality, thing, etc.
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Origin of requisite
1synonym study For requisite
Other words for requisite
Opposites for requisite
Other words from requisite
- req·ui·site·ly, adverb
- req·ui·site·ness, noun
- non·req·ui·site, adjective, noun
- non·req·ui·site·ly, adverb
- non·req·ui·site·ness, noun
- un·req·ui·site, adjective
- un·req·ui·site·ly, adverb
- un·req·ui·site·ness, noun
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How to use requisite in a sentence
Now, it’s reserved for an entirely masked audience of no more than 250, seated in pods of two to six seats, each separated by the requisite six feet of space in every direction.
At tourist sites, masking up without diluting the experience | Vicky Hallett | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostIt remains to be seen whether tiny spacecraft can carry the requisite computational toolkit or sensory and steering capacity to do this.
We Never Know Exactly Where We’re Going in Outer Space - Issue 92: Frontiers | Caleb Scharf | November 4, 2020 | NautilusAlong with the requisite finisher’s medal, registered participants received a downloadable race bib and, in a sign of the times, a Cirque Series neck gaiter.
The Max Vert Challenge Is the Craziest Virtual Race Yet | Martin Fritz Huber | October 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineSo in 1965, Congress approved the 25th Amendment, which was ratified by the requisite number of states two years later.
How removal under the 25th Amendment works: A beginner’s guide | Philip Bump | October 9, 2020 | Washington PostTo maximize their two generational talents and end their Finals drought, the 76ers must provide requisite scheming, shot-creation and versatility.
Can The Sixers Find A Way To Win It All With Embiid And Simmons? | James L. Jackson | September 28, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism | Samantha Allen | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome might lack the requisite national infrastructure (Walker).
What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight | James Poulos | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd aside from doing the requisite things needed to seize the majority, there was icing on the cake, too.
Francis opted to waive the requisite second miracle for John XXIII usually needed for non-martyrs to reach sainthood.
Popes, Saints, Miracles, Weird Relics and Odd Omens Converge on Rome | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo secure that, a closer regard to what should be the character of the true church than has been paid, is requisite.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamTo gain the requisite mass of air to produce good tone a flat violin has to be made of a clumsy awkward shape.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceHope-Jones has proved conclusively that by exercise of the requisite skill it does and so have others who follow in his steps.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerAs without faith it is impossible to please God, so in this act it is not less requisite than in any other.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamI conceive that the strictest union of affection is requisite to conjugal felicity.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for requisite
/ (ˈrɛkwɪzɪt) /
absolutely essential; indispensable
something indispensable; necessity
Origin of requisite
1Derived forms of requisite
- requisitely, adverb
- requisiteness, noun
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