as in requirement
something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen
An education is an important precondition for getting a good job. They insist on a guarantee as a precondition to the deal.
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Recent Examples of precondition
While this market has those preconditions—a revolutionary technology and spectacular profit growth—the cycle has not yet reached the terminal phase where insiders rush for the exits.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026
Therefore, telling the story in graphic form on behalf of Ukrainians themselves, explaining the preconditions for Russia’s attempts to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as an ethnic group, became extremely relevant.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The embassy’s move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had been celebrated by Christian Zionists, who believe that the return of Jews to their scriptural homeland is a necessary precondition for the Second Coming of Christ.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
This will be a precondition for effectively addressing the Houthis.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026
Therefore, telling the story in graphic form on behalf of Ukrainians themselves, explaining the preconditions for Russia’s attempts to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as an ethnic group, became extremely relevant.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The embassy’s move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had been celebrated by Christian Zionists, who believe that the return of Jews to their scriptural homeland is a necessary precondition for the Second Coming of Christ.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
This will be a precondition for effectively addressing the Houthis.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precondition
Noun
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Afterwards, ByteDance rolled back that feature and introduced verification requirements for users who want to create digital avatars with their own images and audio, according to Chinese media.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Not all nurses are certified to be a SANE, and certification requirements vary by state, according to Sekula.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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From monthly sales to discounts on household necessities, there is no shortage of savings.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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Forging a broad coalition across these tendencies seems like an obvious necessity but has so far proved elusive.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its Hadley liquid rocket engines have already flown in hypersonic conditions, validating propulsion performance in real-world scenarios.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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There has been speculation that the allies are seeking to tone down the drills to create conditions for dialogue with North Korea.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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To Bickerstaff, playoff heartbreak is less a setback than a prerequisite—the uncomfortable but necessary proof that a young core has reached the stage where details, discipline and execution matter more than talent, and the kind of failure that teaches lessons a regular-season win streak never can.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Our experience bears out research showing that longer sequences of prerequisite courses often serve to weed students out of STEM pathways.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Precondition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precondition. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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