Precondition
noun
Something that must happen or be done before another thing can happen or be done.
A precondition for the project's success is the support of the community.
Often appears as...
- meet a precondition
- set a precondition
verb
To prepare something in advance for a particular purpose.
The analyst preconditioned the data before performing the analysis.
Often appears as...
- precondition data
- precondition the system
noun
Something that must happen or be done before another thing can happen or be done.
A precondition for the project's success is the support of the community.
Often appears as...
- meet a precondition
- set a precondition
verb
To prepare something in advance for a particular purpose.
The analyst preconditioned the data before performing the analysis.
Often appears as...
- precondition data
- precondition the system
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Conditional Necessity
The term implies that something else cannot start or happen unless the 'precondition' is met first.
Having a valid passport is a precondition for international travel.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Formal
Commonly used in formal contexts such as contracts, rules, and technical plans.
The contract states the preconditions for the sale of the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Hierarchy
It indicates a hierarchy of actions or events where the precondition is a fundamental first step.
Worker training is a precondition for the factory opening.
Pro Tip 1/3Conditional Necessity
The term implies that something else cannot start or happen unless the 'precondition' is met first.
Having a valid passport is a precondition for international travel.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Formal
Commonly used in formal contexts such as contracts, rules, and technical plans.
The contract states the preconditions for the sale of the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Hierarchy
It indicates a hierarchy of actions or events where the precondition is a fundamental first step.
Worker training is a precondition for the factory opening.
Pro Tip 1/3Conditional Necessity
The term implies that something else cannot start or happen unless the 'precondition' is met first.
Having a valid passport is a precondition for international travel.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Formal
Commonly used in formal contexts such as contracts, rules, and technical plans.
The contract states the preconditions for the sale of the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Hierarchy
It indicates a hierarchy of actions or events where the precondition is a fundamental first step.
Worker training is a precondition for the factory opening.
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Cradle to cradle design...
that life itself has to have growth as a precondition -- it has to have free energy, sunlight and it needs to be an open system of chemicals. So we're asking for human artifice to become a living thing, and we want growth, we want free energy from sunlight and we want an open metabolism for chemicals.
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A healthy economy should...
by its technology, its institutions and mindset; but then the preconditions for takeoff, where we get the beginnings of a banking industry, the mechanization of work and the belief that growth is necessary for something beyond itself, like national dignity or a better life for the children;
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David Puttnam: What...
Democracy, well-led and well-informed, can achieve very great things, but there's a precondition. We have to trust that those making those decisions are acting in the best interest not of themselves but of the whole of the people. We need factually-based options, clearly laid out,
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What is a gift economy?...
We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.
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Resilient people,...
since the last deglaciation this is the Eden's garden of everything we cherish the beauty of nature establishes itself the rainforests the marine systems the wetlands rainy seasons become predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to
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Harsh Reality of Saving...
prey species if you want them to succeed we precondition animals for a 30-day period ideally they'd kill for prairie dogs during that time what a ferret tries to do is get a prairie dog around the neck and crush its windpipe and it's fixie ate the animal
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The case to infect...
competent for rational decision making and fully informed etc also you should probably to minimize the risk further exclude people who have the preconditions that inclined people to have severe covent outcomes such as
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Ivan Oransky: Are we...
We have pre-cancerous lesions, which often don't turn into cancer. And yet, if you take, for example, subclinical osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease, the precondition, otherwise known as osteopenia,
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Elaine Morgan says we...
The only creatures that have got conscious control of their breath are the diving animals and the diving birds. It was an absolute precondition for our being able to speak.
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The beauty and...
and then turn around and put one precondition on the love I give you. What in the world would I be thinking?
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Cradle to cradle design...
that life itself has to have growth as a precondition -- it has to have free energy, sunlight and it needs to be an open system of chemicals. So we're asking for human artifice to become a living thing, and we want growth, we want free energy from sunlight and we want an open metabolism for chemicals.
Video examples
A healthy economy should...
by its technology, its institutions and mindset; but then the preconditions for takeoff, where we get the beginnings of a banking industry, the mechanization of work and the belief that growth is necessary for something beyond itself, like national dignity or a better life for the children;
Video examples
David Puttnam: What...
Democracy, well-led and well-informed, can achieve very great things, but there's a precondition. We have to trust that those making those decisions are acting in the best interest not of themselves but of the whole of the people. We need factually-based options, clearly laid out,
Video examples
What is a gift economy?...
We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.
Video examples
Resilient people,...
since the last deglaciation this is the Eden's garden of everything we cherish the beauty of nature establishes itself the rainforests the marine systems the wetlands rainy seasons become predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to
Video examples
Harsh Reality of Saving...
prey species if you want them to succeed we precondition animals for a 30-day period ideally they'd kill for prairie dogs during that time what a ferret tries to do is get a prairie dog around the neck and crush its windpipe and it's fixie ate the animal
Video examples
The case to infect...
competent for rational decision making and fully informed etc also you should probably to minimize the risk further exclude people who have the preconditions that inclined people to have severe covent outcomes such as
Video examples
Ivan Oransky: Are we...
We have pre-cancerous lesions, which often don't turn into cancer. And yet, if you take, for example, subclinical osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease, the precondition, otherwise known as osteopenia,
Video examples
Elaine Morgan says we...
The only creatures that have got conscious control of their breath are the diving animals and the diving birds. It was an absolute precondition for our being able to speak.
Video examples
The beauty and...
and then turn around and put one precondition on the love I give you. What in the world would I be thinking?
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
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Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian Businessman
Cease fire is the main and the most important precondition for launching an implementation of the Minsk agreement.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Leader
I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Lowered crime is a precondition to economic revival, not its consequence.
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Italian Statesman
The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.
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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
Quote examples
Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian Businessman
Cease fire is the main and the most important precondition for launching an implementation of the Minsk agreement.
Quote examples
Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
Quote examples
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Leader
I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.
Quote examples
Christopher Hitchens
American Author
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Lowered crime is a precondition to economic revival, not its consequence.
Quote examples
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Italian Statesman
The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.
Quote examples
Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
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