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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else [syn: condition, precondition, stipulation]
2: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given, presumption, precondition]
3: a condition that is a prerequisite v
1: put into the required condition beforehand

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1825 prerequisite II. transitive verb Date: 1922 to put in a proper or desired condition or frame of mind especially in preparation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a prior condition, that must be fulfilled before other things can be done. --v.tr. bring into a required condition beforehand.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Precondition Pre`con*di"tion, n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(preconditions) If one thing is a precondition for another, it must happen or be done before the second thing can happen or exist. (FORMAL) They made multi-party democracy a precondition for giving aid. N-COUNT: oft N for/of/to n/-ing