prerequisite

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ requisite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/, /pɹiˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/

Adjective

prerequisite (not comparable)

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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:requisite

Derived terms

• non-prerequisite

Translations

indispensable

• Arabic: لَازِم (lāzim)
• Czech: nutný (cs), nezbytný (cs)
• French: prérequis (fr), préalable (fr), nécessaire (fr)
• Georgian: აუცილებელი (aucilebeli), წინაპირობა (c̣inaṗiroba)
• German: unabdingbar (de), unverzichtbar (de), vorauszusetzen (de), zwingend erforderlich, als Vorbedingung geltend

Noun

prerequisite (plural prerequisites)

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

   Hypernym: requisite

   A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession.

   • 1995, Richard Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied:

     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.

   • 2009, Rob Bovey, Stephen Bullen, Dennis Wallentin, John Green, Professional Excel Development:

     If you examine the prerequisites list, you will notice it does not include bootstrapper packages for the Office 2003 PIAs.

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

   Synonym: prereq (colloquial)

   Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.

Derived terms

• nonprerequisite
• non-prerequisite

Related terms

• corequisite
• requirement

Translations

Something that must be gained in order to gain something else — see also requisite

• Arabic: شَرْط m (šarṭ), اِحْتِيَاج m (iḥtiyāj), وُجُوب m (wujūb)
• Azerbaijani: zəmin, şərait (az)
• Bulgarian: предпоставка (bg) f (predpostavka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前提 (zh) (qiántí)

• Czech: předpoklad (cs) m
• Danish: forudsætning c
• Dutch: voorwaarde (nl) f, vereiste (nl) f or n
• Estonian: eeldus
• Faroese: treyt f
• Finnish: edellytys (fi), ennakkoehto
• French: (condition) préalable (fr) m, prérequis (fr) m
• Georgian: წინაპირობა (c̣inaṗiroba), წინასწარი მოთხოვნა (c̣inasc̣ari motxovna)
• German: Voraussetzung (de) f, Vorbedingung (de) f, Unabdingbarkeit f, zwingendes Erfordernis n
• Hungarian: előfeltétel (hu), előkövetelmény
• Indonesian: prasyarat (id)
• Japanese: 前提 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei), 前提条件 (ja) (zenteijouken)
• Kazakh: алғышарт (alğyşart)
• Latvian: priekšnoteikums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forutsetning (no) m or f, betingelse m

• Persian: پیشنیاز (pišniyāz)
• Polish: warunek wstępny m
• Portuguese: pré-requisito m
• Russian: предпосы́лка (ru) f (predposýlka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преду́слов m, преду́вјет m

  Latin: predúslov m, predúvjet (sh) m

• Spanish: requisito previo m, condición previa f, prerrequisito m
• Swedish: förutsättning (sv) c, betingelse (sv) c
• Turkish: ön koşul (tr) sg

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先修(課程) / 先修(课程)

• Dutch: vereiste (nl) f or n
• Finnish: esitietovaatimus (fi)
• French: prérequis (fr) m
• Georgian: წინაპირობა (c̣inaṗiroba)
• German: Teilnahmevoraussetzung f
• Persian: پیشنیاز (pišniyāz)
• Portuguese: pré-requisito m
• Russian: предусловие (ru) n (preduslovije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преду́слов m, преду́вјет m

  Latin: predúslov m, predúvjet (sh) m

See also

• perquisite (avoid hastily confusing this word with prerequisite: one concerns job compensation; the other, job requirements)