"prerequisite" meaning in English

See prerequisite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /priˈrɛkwəzət/ [US], /priːˈrɛkwɪzɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prerequisite.wav [UK] Forms: prerequisite [singular], prerequisites [plural]
Etymology: pre- + requisite Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|requisite}} pre- + requisite Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A prerequisite is something you need to get something else.
    Sense id: simple-prerequisite-en-noun-skPGSnLB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-
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