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# requirement

«requirement» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something that you must have or must do; a rule that must…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a requirement, requirements)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Something that is needed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x1)
- You must be 12 to join: that is the age requirement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x2)
- Plants have three main requirements: light, water and air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x3)
- Read the requirements of the question before you answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x4)
- The minimum requirement is 10 points to pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/#x5)
- Our project met all the requirements. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «requirement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requirement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.