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Definition: Prerequisite |
PrerequisiteAdjective1. Required as a prior condition or course of study. Noun1. Something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prerequisite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Education | An educational requirement that a student must satisfy before he is permitted to do advanced work; a course that a student must complete as a sensible or arbitrary requirement for another course. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Something that is necessary to an end or the carrying out of a function. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PrerequisiteSynonym: requirement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Qualification | Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print. |
Requirement | Adjective: required; Verb: requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prerequisite |
| English words defined with "prerequisite": Antepredicament ♦ essential condition ♦ precondition ♦ requirement ♦ sine qua non. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prerequisite": Synaptonemal Complex ♦ uberrima fides, utmost good faith. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Marguerite Gardiner Blessington | The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Thus infection with the organism may be a prerequisite for the occurrence of almost all duodenal ulcers in the absence of other precipitating factors such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use or Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. (references) | |
Business | A "Vergabepruefstelle" opinion is in no way a prerequisite for starting a formal process of appeal. (references) | |
Obtaining a hygiene conclusion from the Center of Hygienic Standards and Certification has become a prerequisite for issuing a GOST R certificate. (references) | ||
Italian Minister Enzo Bianco has led the development of this package and is convinced that a commitment against crime is a prerequisite for social and economic development. (references) | ||
Children | Lesotho | In traditional rural Basotho society, livestock herding by young boys is a prerequisite to manhood in the community, and this frequently interferes with their school enrollment. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Cameroon | In January 2000, two administrative orders banned all political activities in Buea and Limbe, Fako Division, Southwest Province, following a series of secessionist activities in December 1999. The conditions for government recognition of a political party, a prerequisite for many political activities, were not onerous. (references) |
Cameroon | The conditions for government recognition of a political party, a prerequisite for many political activities, were not onerous. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Taiwan does not require that firms transfer technology, locate in specified areas, or hire minimum numbers of local employees as a prerequisite to obtaining investment permission. (references) |
Argentina | A working knowledge of the English language has become a prerequisite for a career in many fields in Argentina. (references) | |
Argentina | Charter flights and air cargo activities in Argentina are deregulated and this is fueling the growth of feeder air cargo services, a prerequisite for the market entry of international companies. (references) | |
Minorities | Israel and the occupied territories | In August the municipality of Tel Aviv advertised for parking lot attendants; "military service" was a prerequisite. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | The social security child allowance for parents who did not serve in the military and did not attend a yeshiva (including Arabs) is to equal the allowance of those who had done so. Israeli Arab groups allege that many employers use the prerequisite of military service to avoid hiring non-Jews. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | Those who do not serve in the army have less access than other citizens to those social and economic benefits for which military service is a prerequisite or an advantage, such as housing, new-household subsidies, and government or security-related industrial employment. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Accreditation for Wood and Organic Certifiers: In July 1999, the Japanese Agricultural Standard Law was amended to include a procedure to establish the "equivalency" of foreign countries' regulations, a prerequisite for U.S. certification organizations for wood and organic products to apply for accreditation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). (references) |
Political Rights | Cuba | Although not a formal requirement, in practice Communist Party membership is a prerequisite for high-level official positions and professional advancement. (references) |
Trade | Venezuela | This prerequisite was eliminated at the end of 2000. (references) |
Travel | Italy | The +ACI-golden keys+ACI- of customary business courtesy, especially replying prompt-ly to requests for price quota-tions and to orders, are a prerequisite for exporting success. (references) |
Ireland | However, the principles of customary business courtesy, especially replying promptly to sales orders and requests for price quotations, are a prerequisite for exporting success. (references) | |
Netherlands | These are a prerequisite for exporting success. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Prerequisite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.41% of the time. "Prerequisite" is used about 158 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.41% | 146 | 26,107 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.59% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 158 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "prerequisite": first prerequisite. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prerequisite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kusht paraprak (premise), i kërkuar (popular, requisite), i domosdoshëm (imperatival, imperative, indispensable, necessary, needful, obligate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لازم (accompany, haunt, necessary, needed), شرط مسبق (precondition), شرط أساسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | необходимо условие, необходим като условие, предпоставка (datum, postulate, precondition, premise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 條件 (condition, factor), 前提 (Premise, Premises). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | předpoklad (assumption, condition, hypothesis, postulate, precondition, premise, presumption, presupposition, supposition), předbìžný (anticipatory, precursory, preliminary, preparative, tentative), nezbytná podmínka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forudsaetning (acceptance, assumption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیش نیاز, پیش بایست , لازمه امری , لازمه , شرطلازم , شرطقبلی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ennakkoehto (precondition), ennakkoedellytys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | condition préalable (precondition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Voraussetzung (assumption, condition, hypothesis, precondition, premise, presupposition, qualification, requirement, requisite, stipulation, supposition, understanding), Vorbedingung (precondition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προκαταρκτικός όρος, προαπαιτούμενοσ, προαπαιτούμενο, προϋπόθεση (condition, precondition, premise, presupposition, supposition), αναγκαία προϋπόθεση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ת אי מוק"ם (precondition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | előfeltétel (precondition, requirement, requisite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | requisito iindispensabile, necessario (essential, indispensable, necessary, needful, requisite), condizione preliminare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 事前に必要 , 前提 (preamble, premise, reason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"てい (front garden, front yard, fundus of the eye, preamble, premise, reason), じぜ"にひつよう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 조건. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roie-chonaant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erequisitepray condição prévia (precondition). (various references) premisã (premise), necesar (essential, good, imperative, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite), constituind o condiţie, cerut (just, requisite). (various references) необходимый как условие. (various references) preduslov (precondition), potreban (necessary, need: in need, needful, required, requisite). (various references) condición previa (precondition). (various references) nödvändig förutsättning, nödvändig (imperative, necessary, required, vital), förutsättning (assumption, basis, postulate, presumption, qualification). (various references) önceden gerekli olan, önceden gerekli şey, önceden gereken. (various references) необхідний заздалегідь, передумова (background, precondition). (various references) cần trước hết, điều kiện tiên quyết, điều kiện quyết định trước hết, điều cần trước hết, đòi hỏi phải có trước hết. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "prerequisite": prerequisites. (additional references) | |
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"Prerequisite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perequisite, prerequicite, prerequisate, prerequisets, prerequisit, prerequisits, prerequizite, prerequsite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prerequisite" (pronounced prēre"kwuzut) |
| 8 | -r e" k w u z u t | requisite. |
| 6 | -k w u z u t | exquisite, perquisite. |
| 4 | -u z u t | opposite. |
| 3 | -z u t | closet, composite, deposit, exit, posit, revisit, transit, visit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-i-p-q-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: perquisite. | |
-3 letters: equerries, requester, requisite, requiters. | |
-4 letters: equities, periques, pesterer, purities, queerest, queriers, quieters, quipster, reequips, requires, requiter, requites, retirees, squirter, stripier. | |
-5 letters: eeriest, epeeist, equites, esquire, irrupts, peeries, perique, perries, peruser, pestier, pieties, piquets, pitiers, prester, prisere, pursier, queerer, querier, queries, querist, quester, quieter, reequip, reprise, reputes, request, require, requite, respire, respite, retiree. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-i-p-q-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: prerequisites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 72 65 71 75 69 73 69 74 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110011 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e r e q u i s i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0072 0065 0071 0075 0069 0073 0069 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471847183877585758671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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