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| prerequisite | |
| 1. adj. Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable. |  |
| The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored. | |
| 2. n. Something that must be gained in order to gain something else | |
| Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing. | |
| 3. n. In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq. | |
| Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics. | |
