前提条件
解説 Definition
prerequisites は prerequisite「前提条件、必須条件」の複数形です。受講や仕事などを始める前に満たす必要がある条件、資格、技能、履修科目などを指します。
Prerequisites are conditions, qualifications, skills, or courses that must be completed or possessed before someone may begin a particular activity, course, or job. They establish what is required in advance rather than what is learned or obtained afterward.
使い方 Usage
- meet the prerequisites は「前提条件を満たす」、check the prerequisites は「前提条件を確認する」です。 Meet the prerequisites means satisfy the required conditions; check the prerequisites means review what is required.
- course prerequisites は「受講の前提条件」。prerequisites for ... の形でも、何を始めるための条件か示せます。 Course prerequisites are requirements for taking a course. Prerequisites for ... also identifies the activity that requires them.
使い分け Common distinctions
- preferences が望ましい条件を指すのに対し、prerequisites は事前に満たす必要のある条件を指します。 Preferences indicate what is desirable, whereas prerequisites indicate conditions that must be satisfied in advance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pre-「前もって」＋ requisite「必要なもの」で、「始める前に必要な条件」と覚えましょう。prerequisite に複数形の -s を付け、末尾の -s は /s/ と発音します。
Break the word into pre-, before, and requisite, something required: conditions needed before starting. Prerequisites is the plural of prerequisite, with final -s pronounced /s/ after /t/.
例文
Basic computer skills are prerequisites for this course.
基本的なコンピューター操作の技能は、この講座の前提条件です。
Students should check the prerequisites before registering for the class.
学生は授業に登録する前に前提条件を確認するべきです。
prerequisites の類義語・関連語
対義語
紛らわしい語
prerequisites の語源・成り立ち Etymology
prerequisites は prerequisite の複数形で、ラテン語 prae「前に」＋ requisitus「求められた」に由来します。pre- が「前もって」、requisite が「必要なもの」なので、「先に満たしておくべき条件」から前提条件の意味になり、関連語に require、requisite があります。
Prerequisite combines pre-, meaning “before,” with requisite, meaning “required or necessary.” Requisite derives from Latin requisitus, the past participle of requirere, “to seek or require.” The combined form therefore denotes something required beforehand. English uses prerequisite both as a noun for a prior condition and as an adjective meaning required in advance. Prerequisites is its regular plural, formed by adding -s.
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