Prerequisite
noun
Something that is needed or required before you can do or achieve something else.
Having a degree is a prerequisite for many jobs.
Often appears as...
- necessary prerequisite
- important prerequisite
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Academic
adjective
Required before something else can happen or exist.
The course had several prerequisite assignments before the final research paper.
Often appears as...
- prerequisite skills
- prerequisite knowledge
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Academic
noun
Something that is needed or required before you can do or achieve something else.
Having a degree is a prerequisite for many jobs.
Often appears as...
- necessary prerequisite
- important prerequisite
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Required before something else can happen or exist.
The course had several prerequisite assignments before the final research paper.
Often appears as...
- prerequisite skills
- prerequisite knowledge
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Entry Requirement
Prerequisite often refers to a must-have qualification or skill to start something.
Passing an English test is a prerequisite for this university program.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basic Needs
It's not just about basic needs; it's often about specific conditions or standards that must be met.
A specific GPA may be a prerequisite for scholarship eligibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something very important, not only mandatory.
Patience is a prerequisite for mastering a new language.
Pro Tip 1/3Entry Requirement
Prerequisite often refers to a must-have qualification or skill to start something.
Passing an English test is a prerequisite for this university program.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basic Needs
It's not just about basic needs; it's often about specific conditions or standards that must be met.
A specific GPA may be a prerequisite for scholarship eligibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something very important, not only mandatory.
Patience is a prerequisite for mastering a new language.
Pro Tip 1/3Entry Requirement
Prerequisite often refers to a must-have qualification or skill to start something.
Passing an English test is a prerequisite for this university program.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basic Needs
It's not just about basic needs; it's often about specific conditions or standards that must be met.
A specific GPA may be a prerequisite for scholarship eligibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something very important, not only mandatory.
Patience is a prerequisite for mastering a new language.
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Mind Blown - Hangout to...
you like the lamp first or the candle first of the fireplace first and they were given some arbitrary answer like how about the fireplace or how about the candle like they would have just like said whatever they think should be lit first without realizing that the match is kind of a prerequisite to lighting anything so the match is obviously
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
display area that we call a court so in a patch of forest they find the right spot they remove all the leaf litter they may move away all the small growth and there's something important that all of them have is this horizontal perch that spans the cleared area there that's the prerequisite for making a
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Resilient people,...
predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to operate this is in fact that the Holocene is the prerequisite for our world economy to operate the scientific message today is as dramatic as it's simple the Holocene is the only stability state of the planet we know
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Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
from hearing some great ideas. And I think that’s a prerequisite when it comes to listening to people, too. You have to go into it open-minded and curious and ready to learn something new. Also, the instinct to multitask is so hard to turn off, but it's so important that you do it.
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The neuroscience of...
so that by the time we're three, four years old, most children, not all, have acquired the ability to understand the intentions of others, another prerequisite for empathy. The fact that this developmental progression is universal, irrespective of where you live in the world
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5 transformational...
really taking seriously the social and economic aspirational goals within the life-support systems on earth? Now, citizens across the world have started to recognize that we're facing global rising environmental risks; in fact, that a stable planet is a prerequisite
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David Deutsch: Chemical...
Our location is saturated with evidence and also with matter and energy. Out in intergalactic space, those three prerequisites for the open-ended creation of knowledge are at their lowest possible supply -- as I said, it's empty, it's cold and it's dark out there.
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Kristina Gjerde: Making...
of management of the commons on a local scale, is that there are certain prerequisites that you can put into place that enable you to manage and access open space for the good of one and all. And these include a sense of shared responsibility,
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A queer vision of love...
We didn't wait any prerequisite amount of time for our courtship; we told each other the vulnerable truths up I am a transgender man, which means the F on my birth certificate should have stood for "False," instead of "Female."
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Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
in the democratic stance. In particular, there is growing doubt among people in the emerging markets, when people now believe that democracy is no longer to be viewed as a prerequisite for economic growth.
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Mind Blown - Hangout to...
you like the lamp first or the candle first of the fireplace first and they were given some arbitrary answer like how about the fireplace or how about the candle like they would have just like said whatever they think should be lit first without realizing that the match is kind of a prerequisite to lighting anything so the match is obviously
Video examples
Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
display area that we call a court so in a patch of forest they find the right spot they remove all the leaf litter they may move away all the small growth and there's something important that all of them have is this horizontal perch that spans the cleared area there that's the prerequisite for making a
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Resilient people,...
predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to operate this is in fact that the Holocene is the prerequisite for our world economy to operate the scientific message today is as dramatic as it's simple the Holocene is the only stability state of the planet we know
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Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
from hearing some great ideas. And I think that’s a prerequisite when it comes to listening to people, too. You have to go into it open-minded and curious and ready to learn something new. Also, the instinct to multitask is so hard to turn off, but it's so important that you do it.
Video examples
The neuroscience of...
so that by the time we're three, four years old, most children, not all, have acquired the ability to understand the intentions of others, another prerequisite for empathy. The fact that this developmental progression is universal, irrespective of where you live in the world
Video examples
5 transformational...
really taking seriously the social and economic aspirational goals within the life-support systems on earth? Now, citizens across the world have started to recognize that we're facing global rising environmental risks; in fact, that a stable planet is a prerequisite
Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
Our location is saturated with evidence and also with matter and energy. Out in intergalactic space, those three prerequisites for the open-ended creation of knowledge are at their lowest possible supply -- as I said, it's empty, it's cold and it's dark out there.
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Kristina Gjerde: Making...
of management of the commons on a local scale, is that there are certain prerequisites that you can put into place that enable you to manage and access open space for the good of one and all. And these include a sense of shared responsibility,
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A queer vision of love...
We didn't wait any prerequisite amount of time for our courtship; we told each other the vulnerable truths up I am a transgender man, which means the F on my birth certificate should have stood for "False," instead of "Female."
Video examples
Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
in the democratic stance. In particular, there is growing doubt among people in the emerging markets, when people now believe that democracy is no longer to be viewed as a prerequisite for economic growth.
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Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I want a happy marriage and whatever it takes to achieve that. But I think the main prerequisite would have to be respect. He would have to respect me and vice-versa. And, that would be more important than being in love. I think respect really goes a long way. And he would have to keep me happy. And he'd have to be very, very, secure.
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SZA
American Musician
I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life.
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Lou Brock
American Athlete
Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
The core of my platform is to change the role of money in politics, support public education and break up monopoly power. All of these are fundamental prerequisites to a responsive democracy.
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Olympia Dukakis
American Actress
I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.
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Stephen Curry
American Athlete
Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don't.
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Paul Klee
Swiss Artist
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
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Robert Cailliau
Belgian Scientist
When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I want a happy marriage and whatever it takes to achieve that. But I think the main prerequisite would have to be respect. He would have to respect me and vice-versa. And, that would be more important than being in love. I think respect really goes a long way. And he would have to keep me happy. And he'd have to be very, very, secure.
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SZA
American Musician
I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life.
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Lou Brock
American Athlete
Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
The core of my platform is to change the role of money in politics, support public education and break up monopoly power. All of these are fundamental prerequisites to a responsive democracy.
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Olympia Dukakis
American Actress
I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.
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Stephen Curry
American Athlete
Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don't.
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Paul Klee
Swiss Artist
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
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Robert Cailliau
Belgian Scientist
When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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