prerequisite

requisito previo, condición previa

Algo que debes tener o hacer antes de que otra cosa sea posible.

En inglés sencillo: Something you must have or do before something else is possible.

• Experience is a prerequisite for this job.
• Have you met all the course prerequisites?
• Trust is a prerequisite to working well together.

Cómo se usa: a prerequisite for something (A passport is a prerequisite for this trip.); a prerequisite to doing something (Registration is a prerequisite to joining the course.)

Sinónimos: requirement, precondition

Expresiones frecuentes: prerequisite for something, prerequisite to something, meet a prerequisite

curso previo obligatorio

Asignatura o curso que debes terminar antes de empezar otro.

En inglés sencillo: A subject or course you must finish before you can start another.

• This course has no prerequisite.
• Have you completed the prerequisites for advanced biology?
• Statistics was a prerequisite for her research course.

Cómo se usa: prerequisite for something (Basic chemistry is a prerequisite for this course.)

Sinónimos: required course

Expresiones frecuentes: course prerequisite, prerequisite for something

previo, necesario

Que hace falta antes de que otra cosa pueda ocurrir o hacerse.

En inglés sencillo: Needed before something else can happen or be done.

• You must complete the prerequisite course.
• She already has the prerequisite skills.
• Safety training is prerequisite to using the laboratory.

Cómo se usa: prerequisite to something (Basic training is prerequisite to working with this equipment.)

Sinónimos: required, necessary

Antónimos: optional

Expresiones frecuentes: prerequisite knowledge, prerequisite course, prerequisite skills