prerequisite

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

Adjective

  1. Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
    • The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored.
    • A good command of Spanish is prerequisite for enrolling in this course.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English requisite English prerequisite From pre- + requisite.

Derived

non-prerequisite

Noun

  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.
    • 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. - 1995, Richard...
    • If you examine the prerequisites list, you will notice it does not include bootstrapper packages for the Office 2003 PIAs. - 2009, Rob Bovey, Stephen Bullen, Dennis Wallentin, John Green, Professional Excel Development:

    Hypernyms: requisite

  2. A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started.
    • Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.

    Synonyms: prereq

Forms

prerequisites

Related

corequisite requirement perquisite

Derived

nonprerequisite non-prerequisite