prerequisite

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ requisite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
• (US) IPA: /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/

Adjective

prerequisite (not comparable)

1. Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:requisite

Noun

prerequisite (plural prerequisites)

1. Something that must be gained in order to gain something else

   Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.

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.

   Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.

Related terms

• corequisite

Translations

Something that must be gained in order to gain something else

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前提 (cmn) (qiántí)

• Danish: forudsætning (da) c
• Estonian: ; eeldus (et)
• Faroese: treyt (fo) f
• Finnish: edellytys (fi), ennakkoehto (fi)
• French: (condition) préalable (fr) m, prérequis (fr) m
• German: Voraussetzung (de) f

• Hungarian: előfeltétel (hu), előkövetelmény (hu)
• Japanese: 前提 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei)
• Norwegian: forutsetning (no) m and f
• Portuguese: pré-requisito m
• Russian: предпосылка (ru) (predposýlka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: preduslov, [[preduv(j)et]
• Swedish: förutsättning (sv) c

In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先修(課程) (cmn)

• Finnish: esitietovaatimus
• French: prérequis (fr) m, prérequis (fr) m

• Portuguese: pré-requisito m
• Russian: предусловие (ru) (preduslovije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: preduslov, preduv(j)et

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Translations to be checked

• German: Vorbedingung f, Voraussetzung f
• Portuguese: condição prévia f

• Spanish: requisito previo m, condición previa f