| Pronunciation: | | di`sidu'reytum
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| | Definition: | | [n] something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money" |
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| | See Also: | | essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*sid`e*ra"tum\, n.; pl. {Desiderata}. [L., fr.
desideratus, p. p. See {Desiderate}.]
Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want
generally felt and acknowledge.
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| | Related Terms: | | aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, bare necessities, call for, catch, counsel, dearest wish, demand, demand for, desideration, design, desire, determination, effect, essential, essentials, fixed purpose, forbidden fruit, function, glimmering goal, golden vision, hope, idea, indispensable, intendment, intent, intention, lodestone, magnet, meaning, mind, motive, must, must item, necessaries, necessities, necessity, need, need for, nisus, occasion, plan, plum, point, prerequirement, prerequisite, prize, project, proposal, prospectus, purpose, requirement, requisite, requisition, resolution, resolve, sake, striving, study, temptation, the necessary, the needful, trophy, view, want, will, wish |
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