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precondition

[ pree-kuhn-dish-uhn ]

noun

  1. something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition:

    a precondition for a promotion.



verb (used with object)

  1. to subject (a person or thing) to a special treatment in preparation for a subsequent experience, process, test, etc.:

    to precondition a surface to receive paint.

precondition

/ ËŒ±è°ù¾±Ë°ìÉ™²Ôˈ»åɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a necessary or required condition; prerequisite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr psychol to present successively two stimuli to (an organism) without reinforcement so that they become associated; if a response is then conditioned to the second stimulus on its own, the same response will be evoked by the first stimulus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of precondition1

First recorded in 1910–15; pre- + condition
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However, soon afterwards China backed a UN Security Council resolution which bluntly calls on the Rwanda Defence Forces to "cease support to the M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions".

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Racially restrictive covenants and zoning codes became a precondition of federal housing loans.

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One really important form of social attention is so elemental to human life that it is the necessary precondition to survive.

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In European capitals it's felt that he threw away both of his essential cards before the talks even started, without any preconditions.

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It says any final settlement must be the result of negotiations with the Palestinians, and statehood should not be a precondition.

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