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Meaning of Prerequisite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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