prerequisite

IPA: prɪrˈɛkwʌzʌt

Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
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.

Examples of "prerequisite" in Sentences

The first prerequisite is theories which reflect reality.
Perhaps she just doesn't know what the word prerequisite means?
The main prerequisite for becoming an ugly American is to be born in America (pronounced a-MER-kuh).
If having contempt for a person or group were the main prerequisite for denying constitutional rights, I'd deny them to the entire Rethuglican Party.
However, there is certain prerequisite knowledge that one must possess in order to appreciate Penrose's book or my explanations in the previous posts.
I guess the main prerequisite for service in the Bush Administration is the ability to look people squarely in the face and tell boldface lies without thinking twice about it … they found their man.
The first prerequisite is having the executive, legislative, and judicial functions in the hands of one very strong party with media either largely controlled by that party or under sympathetic ownership.
He said Frelimo had also reneged on promises to provide his former rebel movement with infrastructure support, jeopardising the existence of what he called a prerequisite to democracy - a viable opposition.
A deal between Greece and private-sector creditors has been identified as a prerequisite for progress by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to make their contributions to a second bailout package for Greece totaling €130 billion $168.6billion.