Dictionary Definition
prerequisite adj : required as a prior condition
or course of study n : something that is required in advance;
"Latin was a prerequisite for admission" [syn: requirement]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- pɹiˈɹɛkwɪzɪt
- pri"rEkwIzIt
Adjective
- required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable
Noun
- Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
- Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.
- 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.
- Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.
Translations
Something that must be gained in order to gain
something else
- Finnish: edellytys, ennakkoehto
- Portuguese: pré-requisito
- Russian: предпосылка (predposýlka)
- Serbian: preduslov, preduvet
In education, a course or topic that must be
completed before another course or topic can be started
- Finnish: esitietovaatimus
- Portuguese: pré-requisito
- Serbian: preduslov, preduvet
Translations to be checked
- ttbc French: condition préalable , pré-requis ,
- ttbc German: Vorbedingung , Voraussetzung
- ttbc Portuguese: condição prévia
- ttbc Spanish: requisito previo , condición previa
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
arrangement, bare
necessities, basic training, boundary condition, briefing, call for, called for,
catch, clause, clearing the decks,
condition, demand, demand for, demanded, desideration, desideratum, donnee, equipment, escalator clause,
escape clause, escape hatch, essential, essentials, familiarization, fine
print, fixing, foundation, given, grounds, groundwork, imperative, indicated, indispensable, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable, joker, kicker, limiting condition,
makeready, making
ready, manufacture,
mobilization,
must, must item, necessaries, necessary, necessities, necessitous, necessity, need, need for, needed, needful, obligation, obligatory, occasion, parameter, planning, prearrangement, precondition, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary
act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparative, preparatory, preparatory
study, preparing,
prepping, prerequirement, pretreatment, processing, propaedeutic, provident, provision, provisional, provisions, proviso, qualification, readying, required, requirement, requisite, requisition, saving clause,
sine qua non, small print, spadework, specification, stipulation, string, terms, the necessary, the needful,
training, treatment, trial, tryout, ultimatum, unforgoable, vital, want, wanted, warm-up, whereas