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prerequisite

[pri-rek-wuh-zit, pree-]

adjective

  1. required beforehand.

    a prerequisite fund of knowledge.



noun

  1. something prerequisite.

    A visa is still a prerequisite for travel in many countries.

    Synonyms: , , ,

prerequisite

/ ːˈɛɪɪ /

adjective

  1. required as a prior condition

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something required as a prior condition

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prerequisite1

First recorded in 1625–35; pre- + requisite
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Example Sentences

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Collective emotional health is both a prerequisite for and result of a healthy democratic culture.

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Settling the Trump lawsuit is widely seen as a prerequisite for regulators to finally clear Paramount’s $8-billion sale to Skydance Media, which Redstone has been desperately counting on to save her family’s fortunes.

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Reductions in NIH funding now threaten similar breakthroughs that are the prerequisites to better care, better technology and better outcomes in the most common health concerns and diseases of our time.

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If we make underpaid and unpaid labor a prerequisite to leadership, we are going to continue to be in a deficit of representation when it comes to age and economics.

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The only prerequisite is being alive and welcoming all versions in their natural purity.

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