prerequisite

Examples

• All

• Methods for Purifying Water: Clean, pure drinking water is a prerequisite for life.

  Academic text (2011)

• In general, participants overestimated the need for college as a prerequisite for obtaining their desired career.

  Academic text (2008)

• Work is the prerequisite for all things good.

• Okay, see, the prerequisite for a joke is that it be funny.

  Men in Black 3 (2012)

• Attention to detail in the preparation is the prerequisite of all planning.

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

• Introduction to Psychology was a popular class that was a prerequisite for other psychology courses.

  Academic text (2008)

• A cohesive and stable domestic policy system is also seen as a prerequisite for effective foreign policy abroad.

  Academic text (1999)

• Mary knew that a prerequisite for being back home under her parents' roof was maintaining a quietly obedient exterior.

  Die in a Gunfight (2021)

• A high school diploma is often a prerequisite for applying to most colleges.

• Having a valid driver's license is a prerequisite for the job you applied for.

Synonyms

R

requirement

vsprerequisite

552 2.0

Something you need for a particular purpose or situation

must be met beforehand as a necessary prior step for something to occur

C

condition

vsprerequisite

• Formal

347 3.2

A rule that must be met for an agreement or offer to be accepted

refers specifically to a prior required step, not just an assumption or clause

N

necessity

vsprerequisite

227 2.0

A thing you need to live, like food or water

is a specific prior need that must be met before something else can exist

P

precondition

vsprerequisite

25 5.5

A condition that must be met before something else happens

applies equally to prior needs for things to exist as well as events

B

basic requirement

vsprerequisite

5 1.8

A necessary thing you must have or meet to be allowed to do something

is a prior step needed before something can happen, not only a minimum standard

E

essential condition

vsprerequisite

1 3.5

Something that must be true or happen first for another thing to happen

states the same prior requirement but without strong emphasis on absolute necessity

Antonyms

O

optional

90 3.3

Not required, so you can choose whether to have or use it

N

nonessential

10 4.4

Not needed for something to work or be successful

How Necessary

necessity

227 2.0

prerequisite

31 6.9

condition

• Formal

347 3.2

recommendation

480 2.5

suggestion

602 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology