prerequisite

Speech parts

1. prerequisite - Noun

2. prerequisite - Adjective

3. prerequisite - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

requirement must required need necessary needed basic condition demand essential crucial vital specification provision necessity

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Antonyms

auxiliary WEFT extra option ease optional

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Hypernyms

responsibility duty obligation

Hyponyms

precondition sine qua non academic requirement essential condition

Related terms

requirement corequisite

Phrases with the word

as a prerequisite prerequisite for success in spite of the prerequisite fundamental prerequisite basic prerequisite essential prerequisite

Examples

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. Edsger W. Dijkstra

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence. Aga Khan IV

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. Marlon Brando

As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting. Brian Ferneyhough

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness. Olympia Dukakis

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. Kofi Annan

Close letter words and terms

prereq prerequire prerequirement prerequisite for success preresection preresolve