precondition

[ pree-kuh n-dish-uh n ]

/ ˌpri kənˈdɪʃ ən /

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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.

Words nearby precondition

preconceive, preconception, preconceptual stage, preconcert, precondemn, precondition, preconize, preconquest, preconscious, preconsonantal, precontract

Origin of precondition

First recorded in 1910–15; pre- + condition

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Examples from the Web for precondition

Her release was a precondition to signing the EU Association Agreement.
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But what I am saying is that for me, at least, feeling loved and wanted by somebody was a precondition to health.
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He fell short of making this a precondition for talks, a requirement that had scuttled earlier attempts at negotiation.
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This, gal pals across America might note, was a precondition before she agreed to pick up and move to Silicon Valley.
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Willingness to refinance should have been a precondition of TARP aid back in 2008 and 2009.
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The precondition of every true calling must be, not love for art, but love for mankind.
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Even biologically, two individuals of the higher animal species are the precondition to a new individual existence.
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The precondition of thought as of life is that nature be uniform, or ultimately that the world be rational.
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The value of the money is a precondition of the money-function.
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Such trust is a precondition to the existence of a thriving, modern economy.
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British Dictionary definitions for precondition

precondition

/ (ˌpriːkənˈdɪʃən) /

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

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precondition

noun

verb (used with object)

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Words nearby precondition

Origin of precondition

Examples from the Web for precondition

British Dictionary definitions for precondition

noun

verb