Sentence example with the word 'desideratum'

desideratum

aim, catch, design, fixed purpose, idea, magnet, necessaries, occasion, prize, requisite, study, want

Definition n. something desired as a necessity

Last update: July 13, 2015


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Satisfactory lexicons of patristic Greek and Latin are still a desideratum: but assistance may be obtained in the study of the Greek fathers from Suicer's Thesaurus, the Lexicon of Byzantine Greek by E.   [Please select]

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Trout-fishing was a desideratum.   [Please select]

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Thus do we understand that for most drawings a background vague and formless is the desideratum.   [Please select]

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This is the great desideratum with respect to them--the chief thing necessary for their preservation.   [Please select]

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An up-to-date history of Chinese education is still a desideratum.   [Please select]

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219: A comprehensive study of Chu Hsi is a great desideratum.   [Please select]

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250-1: Detailed study of Central Chinese urban centres in this time is a great desideratum.   [Please select]

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Desideratum -ata: some thing or things needed or desired.   [Please select]

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As soon, however, as the pressing needs of the moment are satisfied, a period of luxurious idleness follows, and rest seems to be the chief desideratum of the average habitue or employe.   [Please select]

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In fact, the latter was the greatest desideratum and when offers of money failed to induce a native to pose for the camera a bottle nearly always would decide matters in our favor.   [Please select]

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