Prerequisite

Definitions

1. Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
2. 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.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“If you examine⟳ the prerequisites list, you will notice⟳ it does not include⟳ bootstrapper packages for the Office 2003 PIAs.”

“Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.”

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