prerequisite
nounEtymology From pre- + requisite.
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Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
- A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession.
- Only a full-scale analysis of the origin and development of our sensations and ideas can provide this knowledge; so Hartley's associationist psychology becomes the prerequisite for moral knowledge.1995, Richard Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied:
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- If you examine the prerequisites list, you will notice it does not include bootstrapper packages for the Office 2003 PIAs.2009, Rob Bovey, Stephen Bullen, Dennis Wallentin, John Green, Professional Excel Development:
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Education A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started.
- Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.
- Derived terms
- nonprerequisite, non-prerequisite
- Related terms
- corequisite, requirement, perquisite