Desideratum
[dɪ,zɪdə'rɑːtəm;-'reɪtəm;-,sɪd-] or [dɪ'zɪdə'rɑtəm]
Definition
(noun.) something desired as a necessity; 'the desiderata for a vacation are time and money'.
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Definition
(n.) Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.
Checker: Williams
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [L. pl. Desiderata.] Object of desire, thing wanted, want generally felt.
Checker: Spenser
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Requisite, complement, essential, want
ANT:Surplusage, superfluity, in, cumbrance, drawback
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Examples
- Love isn't a desideratum--it is an emotion you feel or you don't feel, according to circumstance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The great necessity for more durable carbons became a desideratum so urgent that the tireless inventor decided to commission another explorer to search the tropical jungles of the Orient. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A battery embodying this basic principle will have features of great value where lightness and durability are desiderata. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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