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Prerequisite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Required or necessary as a prior condition: Competence is prerequisite to promotion.

n. Something that is prerequisite, as a course that is required prior to taking an advanced course.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

n. Something that must be gained in order to gain something else

n. In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end.

n. Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Previously required; necessary as a condition of something following.

n. A condition required beforehand; a preliminary necessity.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. something that is required in advance

adj. required as a prior condition or course of study

Word Usage

"He said Frelimo had also reneged on promises to provide his former rebel movement with infrastructure support, jeopardising the existence of what he called a prerequisite to democracy - a viable opposition."

Equivalent

obligatory

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

condition requisite

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

requisite

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

qualification precondition determinant healthiness