desideration

noun

Definition of desiderationnext
as in necessary

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desideration
  1. necessary
  2. wish
  3. must
  4. requirement
  5. desideratum
  6. sine qua non
  7. must-have
  8. necessity
Noun
  • Corridors and the lobby are open-air, cleverly arranged to ventilate naturally with the wind, meaning no air-con necessary.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2026
  • At George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia there were several such necessaries on the grounds.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of necessary
Noun
  • Right-leaning lawmakers have also expressed their wish to curtail individual rulings from Supreme Court justices, who have often suspended laws, issued sweeping injunctions and made high-impact orders without the authorization of the full bench.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The work, which debuted in Venice’s Immersive competition, follows three sisters and three brothers on their journey from Europe to Mauritania to fulfill the last wish of their father to be laid to rest beside his father in his native village.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of wish
Noun
  • Tantísimo, a farm-to-table Latin American restaurant, shares a patio with the boarding house and is a must for dinner or Sunday brunch.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • As always, installing updates in a timely manner is also a must.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of must
Noun
  • The Spanish Navy and Navantia are working from operational requirements, and the final design must still go through procurement.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • American technology therefore qualified for the Commission’s own sovereign cloud requirements through a European operating structure.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of requirement
Noun
  • For another, the chief desideratum of a flying car has never been gymnastic performance.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Diversity isn’t necessarily an ethical desideratum in a collection.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
Definition of desideratum
Noun
  • If cultural similarity were the sine qua non of syncing up, then homogenous rosters would be the recipe for success.
    — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
  • Many other analysts on Wall Street see the reusability of Starship as the sine qua non of the company’s long-term profitability.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Definition of sine qua non
Noun
  • At Kingpins Amsterdam last week, industry experts discussed the must-have ingredients for scaling innovation.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The group says it’s shaped several must-haves by taking lessons from Washington’s failure to regulate social media.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of must-have
Noun
  • Waitlists for child care assistance exploded, forcing low-income households to sideline a parent from the workforce or forgo necessities to foot a child care bill.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Waitlists for childcare assistance exploded, forcing low-income households to sideline a parent from the workforce or forgo necessities to foot a childcare bill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
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