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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, competence |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, competency, dynamism, effectiveness, efficacy, endowment, faculty, function, gift, influence, potential, potentiality, qualification, skill, talent, turn, virtue |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, incompetence, weakness |
| Main Entry: | prerequisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition, necessity |
| Synonyms: | essential, imperative, must, need, postulate, precondition, qualification, requirement, requisite, sine qua non |
| Notes: | a perquisite is a profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages or a gratuity or tip for services performed, while a prerequisite is something that is required in advance |
| Antonyms: | extra, option |
| Main Entry: | provision/proviso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stipulation, condition of agreement |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, agreement, catch*, clause, demand, fine print, joker*, kicker, limitation, prerequisite, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, rider, small print, specification, stipulation, strings, term, terms |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, desideratum, element, engrossment, essential, exaction, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, precondition, preliminary, preoccupation, prepossession, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, sine qua non, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, vital part |
| Antonyms: | desire, option, wish |
| Main Entry: | reservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition, stipulation |
| Synonyms: | catch, circumscription, demur, doubt, fine print, grain of salt, hesitancy, kicker, provision, proviso, qualification, restriction, scruple, skepticism, string, strings, terms |
| Antonyms: | openness |
| Main Entry: | restriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limit |
| Synonyms: | ball and chain, bounds, brake, catch, check, circumscription, condition, confinement, constraint, containment, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, excess baggage, fine print, glitch*, grain of salt, handicap, hang-up, inhibition, limitation, limits, lock*, no-no, qualification, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, small difficulty, stint, stipulation, stricture, string, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | enlargement, expansion, freedom, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | ability, cachet, caliber, capacity, competence, consequence, development, dignity, elevation, eminence, growth, merit, position, prestige, prominence, qualification, quality, rank, size, standing, state, station, status, tallness, value, virtue, worth |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | stipulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition of agreement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arrangement, circumscription, clause, contract, designation, engagement, fine print, limit, obligation, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, settlement, sine qua non, small print, specification, string attached, term, terms |
| Antonyms: | implication, request, wish |
| Main Entry: | eligibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fitness |
| Synonyms: | ability, acceptability, qualification |
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