desideratum

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de·sid·er·a·tum

(dĭ-sĭd′ə-rā′təm, -rä′-)

n. pl. de·sid·er·a·ta (-tə)

Something considered necessary or highly desirable.

[Latin dēsīderātum, from neuter past participle of dēsīderāre, to desire; see desire.]

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desideratum

(dɪˌzɪdəˈrɑːtəm)

n, pl -ta (-tə)

something lacked and wanted

[C17: from Latin; see desiderate]

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de•sid•er•a•tum

(dɪˌsɪd əˈreɪ təm, -ˈrɑ-, -ˌzɪd-)

n., pl. -ta (-tə).

something wanted or needed.

[1645–55; < Latin, neuter of dēsīderāre]

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desideratum - something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement - anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

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ciò che si desidera

desideratum

[dɪˌzɪdəˈrɑːtəm] N (desiderata (pl)) [dɪˌzɪdəˈrɑːtə] → desiderátum m

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desideratum

n pl <desiderata> → Desiderat(um) nt (liter), → Erfordernis nt

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Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and be recommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind.

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A collection of specimens of English poetry, for the purpose of exhibiting the achievement of prose excellences by it (in their legitimate measure) is a desideratum we commend to Mr.

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Trout-fishing was a desideratum. I would take my rod and plenty of books, would live simply and frugally, and it should make a new man of me by Christmas.

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To accomplish the great desideratum of ærial navigation, it was very generally supposed that some exceedingly complicated application must be made of some unusually profound principle in dynamics.

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Freedom which, as I have pointed out before, Nietzsche considered a dangerous acquisition in inexperienced or unworthy hands, here receives its death-blow as a general desideratum. In the first Part we read under "The Way of the Creating One", that freedom as an end in itself does not concern Zarathustra at all.

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If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until she has put on a train and feathers and has been presented to her Sovereign at Court.

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* This very curious poem, long a desideratum in Scottish literature,

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Briant's study is a model of erudition, and he assembles a truly impressive corpus of representative literature, regretting only that it cannot be completely comprehensive, for the study of Alexander's image in eighteenth-century Russian literature (for which the linguistic barrier presented an insurmountable obstacle) remains an important desideratum (9).

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To fulfill this desideratum, the Senate would be well-advised to wade deep into that landmark decision, penned by Justice (now Ombudsman) Conchita Carpio Morales, as an essential guide in crafting the current BBL.

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Por ejemplo, Chisholm (1984) sostuvo que la coherencia es un desideratum epistemico para que las creencias sean aceptables.