requisite

[rek-wuh-zit] /ˈrɛk wə zɪt/

adjective

required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable:

the requisite skills of an engineer.

noun

something requisite; a necessary quality, thing, etc.

Origin

1425-75; late Middle English < Latin requīsītus past participle of requīrere to seek; see require, -ite²

Related forms

requisitely, adverb

requisiteness, noun

nonrequisite, adjective, noun

nonrequisitely, adverb

nonrequisiteness, noun

unrequisite, adjective

unrequisitely, adverb

unrequisiteness, noun

Synonyms

1. needed, needful. See necessary. 2. necessity. See requirement.

Antonyms

1. dispensable. 2. luxury.

Examples from the web for requisite

The reason: the current monitoring networks lack the requisite accuracy.
Five years too late, a reply that is completely nonsensical as well as full of the requisite bad grammar, and no link.
Collecting the requisite data will be considerably harder and more expensive than many of you realize.
Only nuclear power had sufficient bang to propel the requisite payloads into space.
The only requisite ingredient for your own version is a bowl of any shape or color of hot rice.
Once requisite, this stage is optional in modern society.
Amazingly, any publication that accepted an ad without the requisite certification was subject to criminal penalties.
Free of the requisite need to be fashionable, they concentrate on design and illustration purity-and they are having fun.
requisite or requirement, the thing required: requisition, the act of requiring it.
He has the first requisite of a critic: interest in his subject, and ability to communicate an interest in it.

British Dictionary definitions for requisite

/ˈrɛkwɪzɪt/

adjective

absolutely essential; indispensable

noun

something indispensable; necessity

Derived Forms

requisitely, adverb
requisiteness, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin requisītus sought after, from requīrere to seek for, require

Contemporary definitions for requisite

adjective

required, necessary; indispensable

Word Origin

Latin requirere 'to need'

noun

something required, necessary, or indispensable

Word Origin

Latin requirere 'to need'

Word Origin and History for requisite

adj.

mid-15c., from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere (see require). As a noun from c.1600.