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Definitions: Requisition |
RequisitionNoun1. The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand (especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use). 2. An official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition. 3. Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized. Verb1. Make a formal request for official services. 2. Demand and take for use or service, esp. by military or public authority for public service. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "requisition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Military & Defense | An authoritative demand or request especially for personnel, supplies, or services authorized but not made available without specific request; to make such a demand or request. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Requirement, Requisition, Requisite. While these words have something in common, each has a meaning peculiar to itself. Requirement means that which is required as an essential condition, or as something necessary; requisition, that which is required as of right, a demand or application made as by authority; requisite, that which is required by the nature of things, or by circumstances, that which cannot be dispensed with. "She understood the nature of the child and of its requirements." "The officer made a requisition for more troops." "This is as much a requisite as food and clothing." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: RequisitionSynonyms: requisition form (n), sequestration (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: derequisition (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task; set to work, put in requisition. |
Issue a command; make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order; Noun: give the word of command, give the word, give the signal; call to order; give the law, lay down the law; assume the command; (authority); remand. | |
Demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication; ultimatum; (terms); request; requirement. | |
Request | Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for. |
Noun: request, requisition; claim; (demand); petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin. | |
Requirement | Requisition; (request), (exaction); run upon; demand, call for. |
Render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition; (ask for), (demand). | |
Use | Render useful; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Requisition me a beat. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
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 | USN Medical Supply Storehouse NO. 3 : Office Space- Office furniture supplied on original maintenance requisition.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Proposed requisition land.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The mines and other immovable property which become the property of the French State may never be made the subject of measures of forfeiture, forced sale, expropriation or requisition, nor of any other measure affecting the right of property. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A patrol passing, on its return to the station at the arsenal, he put it in requisition and took it along with him. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Korea | The law protects all foreign-invested enterprise property from expropriation or requisition. (references) |
Azerbaijan | There have been no cases of nationalization or requisition against foreign firms in Azerbaijan. (references) | |
Egypt | The law further guarantees against seizure, requisition, blocking, and placing under custody or sequestration. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cape Verde | Unlike in the previous year, the Government did not requisition workers to end a strike. (references) |
Burkina Faso | The ILO Committee of Experts has expressed concern about the right to strike of public servants, particularly the law that allows the authorities to requisition striking civil servants and state officials. (references) | |
Niger | The law specifies that labor must give notice and begin negotiations before work is stopped; public workers must maintain a minimum level of service during a strike; the Government can requisition workers to provide minimum service; and striking public sector workers may not be paid for the time they are on strike. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Quotas had been assigned to the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, the governor of Pennsylvania having declared on this occasion an opinion which justified a requisition to the other States. |
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| "Requisition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.39% of the time. "Requisition" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.39% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.69% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.92% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "requisition": be in requisition ♦ call into requisition ♦ make a requisition for smth. ♦ put in requisition ♦ requisition form ♦ requisition forms ♦ upon a requisition by ten members. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
requisition | 18 |
requisition form | 17 |
purchase requisition | 9 |
purchase requisition form | 8 |
electronic requisition | 5 |
job requisition | 4 |
excel purchase requisition | 4 |
hardware requisition | 3 |
example form requisition | 2 |
form job requisition | 2 |
check form requisition | 2 |
laboratory requisition | 2 |
capital requisition | 2 |
requisition travel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "requisition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rekuizim, shkresë (motion, request), pyetje (cross-question, enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, perquisition, quaere, query, question, questioning, request), kërkesë me shkrim (letter of application). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مصادرة (attachment, condemnation, confiscation, conscription, expropriation, forfeit, forfeiture, seizure, sequestration), طلب شرعي, طلب (appeal, application, ask, call, call for, demand, desire, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, require, rush order, seek, tune), صادر (attach, commandeer, condemn, conscript, expropriate, impound, levy, possess, seize, sequester, sequestrate, take possession of), إستيلاء (appropriation, seizure, takeover), إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, seize, snatch, take, take up), إستدعاء (call, calling, recall, rendering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реквизирам (commandeer), реквизиция (impressment), търсене (demand, hunting, looking for, market, quest, request, research, run, scanning, search, seeking, solicitation), официално нареждане, официално предписание, официално искане, заявка (request), правя заявка, правя искане (put in), искане (appeal, application, call, claim, demand, desire, instance, request, suit, wish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "请书. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rekvizice (press), rekvírovat (commandeer), zabrat (annex, be effective, commandeer, confiscate, grip, impound, occupy, take, take in, take on, take up), zabavit (confiscate, impound, seize, sequester, sequestrate), požadavek (claim, demand, request, requirement), objednávka (commission, order, order form), dožadovat se (crave, demand, postulate), žádost (appeal, application, demand, plea, prayer, request, suit, wish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rekvisition, rekvirere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vorderen (advance, demand, exact, postulate, progress, require, seize), rekwireren (exact, seize), opvorderen (exact, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | rekvizicii (exact, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | krevja (claim, demand, exact, postulate, presume, require, seize), heinta (exact, get, seize, send for), girnast (covet, exact, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réquisitionner, réquisition (request, requisitioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | requirieren (commandeer, exact, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επίταξη (conscription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תביע" (claim, claiming, demand, suit, summons), "פקע" (cancellation, expropriation, sequestration), "חרמ" (banning, boycotting, confiscation, conscription, derequisition), "ריש" (demand, request, requirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rekvirálás (levy), kívánalom (postulate, requirement, requisite, standard), igénybevétel (drain, requisitioning, strain, stress, tax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | daftar permintaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | requisizione (indent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 要求 (demand, request), 徴発 (commandeering), 徴" (drafting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ようきゅう (demand, request, Western-style archery, Western-style bow), ちょうよう (appointing to a responsible post, Chrysanthemum Festival, drafting, young and old), ちょうはつ (arousal, barbering, commandeering, haircut, long hair, provocation, stirring up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 징발. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | femoilys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equisitionray requisição (imprest, recovery, repair, request), requisitar (embargo, seize, solicit). (various references) rechiziţiona (call into requisition, commandeer, impress, put in requisition), rechiziţie, solicitare (call, force, load, request, requirement, solicitation, strain, stress), cerere (appeal, application, bill, claim, consumption, demand, desire, entreaty, inquiry, market, petition, pretence, request, requirement, run, suit, supplication, wish). (various references) реквизиция (confiscation, impressment). (various references) rekvizicija, rekvirirati (commandeer), trebovati, trebovanje. (various references) requisa. (various references) rekvisition (chit, indent, order). (various references) เรียกร้อง (claim, require), คำร้อง (suit), ความต้องการ (necessity, need, request, requirement). (various references) resmen istemek (indent, request), talep etmek (claim, demand, postulate, request, Sue, sue for, want), talep (application, charge, claim, demand, petition, plea, request, run, sale, solicitation), lüzum (materiality, necessity, need, requirement, want), istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, exact, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, require, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), isteme (asking, demand, desire, encore, wish, wishing), istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, aspiration, avidity, bent, claim, demand, desire, device, devoutness, disposition, earnestness, enthusiasm, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, readiness, relish, request, requirement, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), gerek (exigence, exigency, necessity, need, pinch, requirement), elkoyma, el koymak (appropriate, arrest, attach, capture, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, embargo, hold, impound, impress, levy, seise, seize, sequester, sequestrate, take the action, usurp, vest). (various references) умова (bet, condition, if, proviso, stipulation, warranty), реквізувати (commandeer, confiscate, embargo, press), реквізиція (confiscation, press, purveyance), вимога (claim, demand, instance, postulate, requirement), заявка (claim), подавати заявку. (various references) sự yêu cầu tiêu chuẩn đòi hỏi lệnh lệnh trưng dụng, lệnh trưng thu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | angariaverit, angariaverunt, conquisitio, iussio, iussione, iussionem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "requisition": requisitioned, requisitioning, requisitions. (additional references) | |
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"Requisition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equisition, requisitoin, requistion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "requisition" (pronounced re'kwuzi"shun) |
| 8 | -k w u z i" sh u n | acquisition, inquisition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, disposition, exposition, imposition, juxtaposition, opposition, physician, position, predisposition, presupposition, proposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-i-n-o-q-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: inquisitor. | |
-2 letters: inquiries, squintier. | |
-3 letters: inquiets, inquires, neuritis, question, routines, snoutier, squinter. | |
-4 letters: inosite, inquest, inquiet, inquire, ironies, ironist, nitrous, noisier, norites, nutsier, oestrin, orients, querist, questor, quintes, quoters, requins, roquets, routine, stonier, stourie, tenours, tonsure, torques, triunes, uniters, unities, urinose. | |
-5 letters: estrin, inerts, insert, insure, inters, intros, inures, ionise, iritis, irones, nestor, niters, nitres. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-i-n-o-q-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: requisitions. | |
+2 letters: propinquities, reacquisition, requisitioned. | |
+3 letters: equilibrations, reacquisitions, requisitioning. | |
+4 letters: ventriloquistic. | |
+5 letters: disequilibration, requalifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 71 75 69 73 69 74 69 6F 6E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --.- ..- .. ... .. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e q u i s i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0071 0075 0069 0073 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271838775857586758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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