Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Required or necessary as a prior condition.
- noun Something that is prerequisite, as a course that is required prior to taking an advanced course.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Previously required; necessary as a condition of something following.
- noun A condition required beforehand; a preliminary necessity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end.
- noun Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Required as aprior condition of something else;necessary orindispensable . - noun Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
- noun 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that is required in advance
- adjective required as a prior condition or course of study
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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A deal between Greece and private-sector creditors has been identified as a prerequisite for progress by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to make their contributions to a second bailout package for Greece totaling €130 billion $168.6billion.
Greece Nears Debt Deal Alkman Granitsas 2012
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The first prerequisite is having the executive, legislative, and judicial functions in the hands of one very strong party with media either largely controlled by that party or under sympathetic ownership.
A Discussion with Irmgard Hunt, author of On Hitler's Mountain 2010
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If having contempt for a person or group were the main prerequisite for denying constitutional rights, I'd deny them to the entire Rethuglican Party.
Ridge: Terror suspect doesn't deserve 'full range' of rights 2009
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However, there is certain prerequisite knowledge that one must possess in order to appreciate Penrose's book or my explanations in the previous posts.
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Perhaps she just doesn't know what the word prerequisite means?
Angry Professor gets some voice mail. Angry Professor 2009
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The main prerequisite for becoming an ugly American is to be born in America (pronounced a-MER-kuh).
The Ugly American 2006
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The main prerequisite for becoming an ugly American is to be born in America (pronounced a-MER-kuh).
The Ugly American 2006
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I guess the main prerequisite for service in the Bush Administration is the ability to look people squarely in the face and tell boldface lies without thinking twice about it … they found their man.
Think Progress » Tony Snow Attributes High Gas Prices To “People Complaining About Donald Rumsfeld” 2006
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The first prerequisite is theories which reflect reality.
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