Consciousness is a precondition of being.
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Precondition
//ˌpɹiːkənˈdɪʃən//
Synonyms for "precondition" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
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13 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նախապայման noun (preexisting requirement)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- önşərt noun (preexisting requirement)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предварително условие noun (preexisting requirement)
- предпоставка noun (preexisting requirement)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 先決條件 /先决条件 noun (preexisting requirement)
- 前提 noun (preexisting requirement)
Danish
2 entries- betingelse noun (preexisting requirement)
- forudsætning noun (preexisting requirement)
Dutch
1 entries- voorwaarde noun (preexisting requirement)
Finnish
3 entries- edellytys noun (preexisting requirement)
- ehto noun (preexisting requirement)
- ennakkoehto noun (preexisting requirement)
French
2 entries- condition préalable noun (preexisting requirement)
- précondition noun (preexisting requirement)
Georgian
1 entries- წინაპირობა noun (preexisting requirement)
German
2 entries- Voraussetzung noun (preexisting requirement)
- Vorbedingung noun (preexisting requirement)
Greek
1 entries- προϋπόθεση noun (preexisting requirement)
Hungarian
1 entries- előfeltétel noun (preexisting requirement)
Italian
2 entries- prerequisito noun (preexisting requirement)
- presupposto noun (preexisting requirement)
Japanese
2 entries- 前提 noun (preexisting requirement)
- 前提条件 noun (preexisting requirement)
Korean
1 entries- 전제 조건 noun (preexisting requirement)
Latvian
1 entries- priekšnoteikums noun (preexisting requirement)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- betingelse noun (preexisting requirement)
- forutsetning noun (preexisting requirement)
Persian
2 entries- پیش بایست noun (preexisting requirement)
- پیش شرط noun (preexisting requirement)
Polish
1 entries- warunek wstępny noun (preexisting requirement)
Portuguese
3 entries- prerrequisito noun (preexisting requirement)
- pré-condição noun (preexisting requirement)
- pré-requisito noun (preexisting requirement)
Russian
2 entries- предвари́тельное усло́вие noun (preexisting requirement)
- предпосы́лка noun (preexisting requirement)
Swedish
2 entries- betingelse noun (preexisting requirement)
- förutsättning noun (preexisting requirement)
Turkish
2 entries- önkoşul noun (preexisting requirement)
- önşart noun (preexisting requirement)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
Source: tatoeba (3616404)
According to Ms. Morillon, the report disproves the theory that economic prosperity is a precondition for democracy.
Source: tatoeba (11681356)
A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.