precondition

[pree-kuh n-dish-uh n]

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noun

something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.

verb (used with object)

to subject (a person or thing) to a special treatment in preparation for a subsequent experience, process, test, etc.: to precondition a surface to receive paint.

Origin of precondition

First recorded in 1910–15; pre- + condition

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Examples from the Web for precondition

Contemporary Examples

Her release was a precondition to signing the EU Association Agreement.
Putin’s Power Grab: First Armenia, Now Ukraine
Will Cathcart
December 4, 2013
But what I am saying is that for me, at least, feeling loved and wanted by somebody was a precondition to health.
I Was Adam Lanza
David Frum
December 22, 2012
He fell short of making this a precondition for talks, a requirement that had scuttled earlier attempts at negotiation.
Iran Asserts Right to Enrichment as Baghdad Six Party Talks End
Michael Adler
May 25, 2012
This, gal pals across America might note, was a precondition before she agreed to pick up and move to Silicon Valley.
Rules for New Husband Mark Zuckerberg to Live By
Lauren Ashburn
May 25, 2012
Willingness to refinance should have been a precondition of TARP aid back in 2008 and 2009.
Obama is Right, We Need Mortgage Refinancing
David Frum
January 25, 2012

Historical Examples

Such trust is a precondition to the existence of a thriving, modern economy.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
The value of the money is a precondition of the money-function.
The Value of Money
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
The precondition of every true calling must be, not love for art, but love for mankind.
Romain Rolland
Stefan Zweig
Even biologically, two individuals of the higher animal species are the precondition to a new individual existence.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Robert E. Park
The precondition of thought as of life is that nature be uniform, or ultimately that the world be rational.
Studies in Logical Theory
John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for precondition

precondition

noun

a necessary or required condition; prerequisite

verb

(tr) psychol to present successively two stimuli to (an organism) without reinforcement so that they become associated; if a response is then conditioned to the second stimulus on its own, the same response will be evoked by the first stimulus

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for precondition

n.

1825, from pre- + condition (n.). As a verb from 1841.

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Examples from the Web for precondition

Contemporary Examples

Her release was a precondition to signing the EU Association Agreement.

But what I am saying is that for me, at least, feeling loved and wanted by somebody was a precondition to health.

He fell short of making this a precondition for talks, a requirement that had scuttled earlier attempts at negotiation.

This, gal pals across America might note, was a precondition before she agreed to pick up and move to Silicon Valley.

Willingness to refinance should have been a precondition of TARP aid back in 2008 and 2009.

Historical Examples

Such trust is a precondition to the existence of a thriving, modern economy.

The value of the money is a precondition of the money-function.

The precondition of every true calling must be, not love for art, but love for mankind.

Even biologically, two individuals of the higher animal species are the precondition to a new individual existence.

The precondition of thought as of life is that nature be uniform, or ultimately that the world be rational.

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Word Origin and History for precondition

n.

Origin of precondition