Requisite Meaning
/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjEssential, indispensable, required.
nounAn indispensable item; a requirement.
Sentence Examples
I won't be able to go travelling until the requisite visa fees are paid.
The car had the requisite tail fins that you would expect from that era.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A valid passport is a basic ____ for international travel these days.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She lacked the ____ experience for the senior role but was offered a junior position instead.
Word Origin & History
From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They ſay he is the King of Perſea.
But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege,
Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more,
For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
"[W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]"
— 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [Introduction to the Kalendar.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 56:
"On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation."
— 1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
"She had a good sort of coarse cleverness, admirably fitted to get on in the world; she possessed those two first requisites, a good constitution and a good temper;..."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 21–22:
"But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?"
— 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A valid passport is a basic ____ for international travel these days.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She lacked the ____ experience for the senior role but was offered a junior position instead.