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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Prerequisite

/prēr-ĕk'-wəz-ət/ · Pre·req·ui·site · IPA /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/
01 a. Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
  1. 1.
    Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
02 n. Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
  1. 1.
    Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.
    “The necessary prerequisites of freedom.” — Goldsmith.