Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

  2. A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started.

    Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.

    Voraussetzung, Vorbedingung, Unabdingbarkeit

    предпосы́лкаpredposýlka, предусловиеpreduslovije

More definitions
  • something that is required in advance

Examples

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  1. Is this a prerequisite?

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  2. Citizenship is a prerequisite for voting.

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  3. This is a prerequisite for participating in the competition.

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  4. Having good credit is a prerequisite to applying for a loan.

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  5. What are the prerequisites for a child to learn the piano?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else:
a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else:
a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started:

Forms

plural: prerequisites
Singularprerequisite
Pluralprerequisites

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
prereq
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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