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DESIDERATUM (desiderata)
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Irregular inflected form: desiderata
Dictionary entry overview: What does desideratum mean?
• DESIDERATUM (noun)
The noun DESIDERATUM has 1 sense:
1. something desired as a necessity
Familiarity information: DESIDERATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something desired as a necessity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
the desiderata for a vacation are time and money
Hypernyms ("desideratum" is a kind of...):
essential; necessary; necessity; requirement; requisite (anything indispensable)
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