prerequisite
/pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/US/pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/
prerequisite adjective: required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
Adjective
prerequisite (not comparable)
- 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.
Noun
prerequisite (plural prerequisites)
- 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 Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied
- 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
prerequisite meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
prerequisite in Tamil
- முற்படு தேவை, முற்படுதேவை, முன் தேவை
prerequisite in Malayalam
- precondition, (necessary) condition, essential
- ആവശ്യകോപാധി, അത്യാവശ്യം പാലിക്കേണ്ട വ്യവസ്ഥ, അവശ്യം നിർവ്വഹിക്കേണ്ട വ്യവസ്ഥ, മുൻവ്യവസ്ഥ, പൂർവ്വോപാധി, നേരത്തെ നിവർവ്വഹിക്കേണ്ട വ്യവസ്ഥ
- required, necessary, called for
- അത്യന്താപേക്ഷിതമായ, ആവശ്യമായ, അവശ്യം പാലിക്കേണ്ടുന്ന, അനിവാര്യമായ, അപരിഹാര്യമായ, കൂടാതെ കഴിയില്ലെന്നുള്ള
prerequisite in Kannada
- ಪೂರ್ವಾಪೇಕ್ಷಿತವಾದದ್ದು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಆಗಲೇಬೇಕಾದ್ದು, ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿ ಷರತ್ತಾಗಿ ಇರಲೇಬೇಕಾದ್ದು, ಮುನ್ಬೇಡಿಕೆ, ಮುನ್ಕೋರಿಕೆ
prerequisite in Arabic
- indispensable
- لَازِم lāzim
- Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
- شَرْط šarṭ, اِحْتِيَاج iḥtiyāj, وُجُوب wujūb
More languagesFewer languages
- prerequisite in Indonesian
- prasyarat
- prerequisite in Persian
- پیشنیاز pišniyāz
Examples of prerequisite in a sentence
- The class has a number of prerequisites, so sadly there is a barrier to entry.
- I needed a waiver from the department head to take the course because I didn't technically have the prerequisite courses.
- Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
Synonyms of prerequisite
Forms of prerequisite
| plural | prerequisites |
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Origin of prerequisite
From pre- + requisite.
Words formed from prerequisite
Questions about prerequisite
- What does prerequisite mean?
- Prerequisite means required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
- What is prerequisite in Tamil?
- Prerequisite in Tamil is முற்படு தேவை, முற்படுதேவை, முன் தேவை. See Prerequisite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prerequisite?
- Prerequisite can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce prerequisite?
- Prerequisite is pronounced /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ (UK).
Words near prerequisite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prerequisite (page history and authors); prerequisite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prerequisite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); prerequisite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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