prerequisite
About 3.50 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored.
- noun 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.
- noun A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started.
Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.
Similar words
requirement obligatory necessary requisite necessity essential required prejudgement precondition assumption
Often followed by
for to of is skills in knowledge that and
Word family
prerequisites
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