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requisite.

Essential, indispensable, required.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/UK/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/US
  1. Essential, indispensable, required.

    Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year.
Where this word comes from

From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.

noun/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/UK/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/US
  1. An indispensable item; a requirement.

Where this word comes from

From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.

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