necessary condition

noun

1

: a state of affairs that must prevail if another is to occur : prerequisite

2

: a proposition whose falsity assures the falsity of another

Examples of necessary condition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Belinda and Callie, compensation was a necessary condition to settle the score of their exploitation, to get what they were owed, and to get justice. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Cahill sees regulation as a necessary condition for institutional participation. — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026

In police states, controlling the flow of information and creating a veneer of moral justification are necessary conditions for brutalization, intimidation, and erasure. — Phillip Atiba Solomon, Time, 24 Feb. 2026

Feeling, Pollan convincingly argues, actually precedes computation as a necessary condition of consciousness. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for necessary condition

• electrodeposition
• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition