Desideratum meaning

dĭ-sĭdə-rātəm, -rä-
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Something that is wished for, or considered desirable.
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The definition of a desideratum is a wish or desire.

An example of a desideratum is a woman's want to be a mother.

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Something considered necessary or highly desirable.
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Something needed and wanted.
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Origin of desideratum

  • Latin dēsīderātum from neuter past participle of dēsīderāre to desire desire

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin past participle passive of desiderare (“to desire”)

    From Wiktionary

Desideratum Sentence Examples

  • The great desideratum in a seat on horseback is that it should be firm.

  • - The optical desideratum is uniformity of refractive index and dispersive power throughout the mass of the glass.

  • Such a " gathered church " emerges as the great desideratum with Robert Browne, between 1572, when he graduated at Cambridge, and 1580-1581, when he first defined his Separatist theory.

  • A second possible desideratum is that data can be represented in a variety of ways.

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