grammaticality - Pre-requisite vs prerequisite - English Language . . . Instance 1 - "Prerequisite" in search: "Prerequisite for" vs "prerequisite to" Instance 2 - "Pre-requisite" in search: Single word for "This task cannot proceed until these other tasks are completed first"? I suppose it's a bit of a broader question: Words seem to have "pre-" prepended to indicate action or applicability before something
differences - Precondition vs. prerequisite - English Language . . . A prerequisite, on the other hand, is a process by itself that must have been achieved and completed before the next process starts In the example you cite, the precondition must be true but is not necessarily a completed process or it may have other co-requisite ingredients or conditions The latter part of the sentence is definitely more
Hyphenation of prerequisite - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm proofreading my thesis, and found that TeX in its infinite wisdom had decided to hyphenate prerequisite as pre-req-ui-site I've replaced it with pre-re-qui-si-te, but I'm a bit unsure what the proper hyphenation is and couldn't find any good sources
antonym of pre-requisite - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Word for opposite of *prerequisite*? Something that is possible because of another thing? (15 answers) Closed 10 years ago must steps required before a particular tasks are called pre-requisite what do we call must steps which should be followed after a particular task post-requisite is not a valid English word i guess , is there replacement ??
meaning - precondition + for of to - whats the difference . . . It seems that the online dictionaries or forums do not address the issue of the preposition, apart from one post here that deals with the word prerequisite, which was interesting, but not necessarily fully satisfactory So my question is: what is the difference in meaning when using different prepositions, if any?
terminology - What is the correct word for dependee? - English . . . We say "looking for dependents" for relationships to dependent things and "looking for dependencies" for relationships to prerequisite things, so it gets that connotation, but the literal meaning is the relationship itself, not the object Finding a better word is exactly the point of the question
Under what circumstances should I use requisite and required? Thanks for the detailed and useful answer (+1) However, I'm not entirely swayed by the argument that 'required' should be used becuase it is used more often Does this mean that: 1 The are completely interchangeable, or 2 There are circumstances contexts where it is more appropriate to use 'Requisite' If the latter is true, what are these circumstances contexts?