What does "prerequisite" mean?
Prerequisite: Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
Additional senses
- 2.Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed. The necessary prerequisites of freedom. Goldsmith.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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