prerequisite

Meanings

Adjective

• Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

Noun

• 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.

Related

Broader meaning words

• requisite

Origin

• From pre- + requisite.