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Precondition

A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.

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📖 Definitions of "Precondition"

noun

1
A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
"A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding."

verb

1
To condition in advance

🔄 Synonyms of "Precondition"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
presumptionnoun	The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
conditionnoun	A state or quality.
stipulationnoun	The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
presuppositionnoun	(linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language.
givennoun	A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Precondition"

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Word	Definition
presuppositionnoun	(linguistics) An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language.
stipulationnoun	The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
givennoun	A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
presumptionnoun	The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
conditionnoun	A state or quality.
provisonoun	A conditional provision to an agreement.
requirementnoun	A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
conditionalitynoun	(uncountable) A state of being subject to conditions.
prerequisitenoun	Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else.
requisitenoun	An indispensable item; a requirement.
essentialnoun	A necessary ingredient.
premisenoun	A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
assumptionnoun	The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
necessitynoun	The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
imperativenoun	(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
preliminarynoun	A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
statusnoun	A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
prejudgementnoun	Alternative spelling of prejudgment. [A judgment made before evidence has been presented, a prejudice.]
understandingnoun	(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
priornoun	(Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.