precondition
[ pree-kuhn-dish-uhn ]
/ ˌpri kənˈdɪʃ ən /
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.
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Words nearby precondition
preconceive, preconception, preconceptual stage, preconcert, precondemn, precondition, preconize, preconquest, preconscious, preconsonantal, precontract
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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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