requiring

ri-KWY-ring/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/UKri-KWY-uh-ring/ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/

Noun pluralrequirings

2 meanings of requiring

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of require.
The new policy is requiring employees to log their hours daily.
Tasks requiring great precision should be left to trained experts.
Note
One spelling, three jobs. After be it forms the progressive (is requiring), after a noun it stands in for a relative clause (tasks requiring precision), and as a gerund it names the act itself. The pattern shows the meaning: requiring someone to do something is a demand, while a thing requiring care simply needs it. When it takes a plural, it has become the archaic noun.
2
nounarchaic
A requirement or demand; something that must be met or provided.
The steward saw that each requiring of the household was satisfied.
Their requirings grew heavier with every passing season.
Note
An archaic noun that carries the weight of duty rather than paperwork. Joshua Evans, writing before 1798, speaks of finding rest only through obedience to God's "holy requirings." The plural with a possessive, as in his requirings or their requirings, is its natural shape. Requirement now does the everyday work, so keep this one for period writing or a deliberately old-fashioned, solemn tone.

requiring is a form of require

require, verb: To need something as indispensable; to call for something as a natural necessity. Full entry

Forms: requirerequires he/she/itrequiring -ing formrequired past tense, past participle
Spelling: require → requiring: drop the e, add -ing

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