prerequisite

prérequis, condition préalable

Chose qu’il faut avoir ou faire avant qu’autre chose soit possible.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : requirement, precondition

Expressions courantes : prerequisite for something, prerequisite to something, meet a prerequisite

cours préalable obligatoire

Matière ou cours qu’il faut terminer avant de pouvoir en commencer un autre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : prerequisite for something (Basic chemistry is a prerequisite for this course.)

Synonymes : required course

Expressions courantes : course prerequisite, prerequisite for something

préalable, requis

Qui est nécessaire avant qu’autre chose puisse se produire ou être fait.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : prerequisite to something (Basic training is prerequisite to working with this equipment.)

Synonymes : required, necessary

Contraires : optional

Expressions courantes : prerequisite knowledge, prerequisite course, prerequisite skills