different between prerequisite vs contingency
prerequisite
English
Etymology
From pre- +? requisite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p?i????kw?z?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?i???kw?z?t/, /p?i???kw?z?t/
Adjective
prerequisite (not comparable)
- Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
- The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:requisite
Translations
Noun
prerequisite (plural prerequisites)
- Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
- A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession.
- In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.
- Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.
Hypernyms
- requisite
Related terms
- corequisite
- requirement
Translations
prerequisite From the web:
- what prerequisites do i need
- what prerequisites do i need for nursing
- what prerequisites do i need for med school
- what prerequisites do i need for lpn
- what prerequisites do i need for pa school
- what prerequisites do i need for dental hygiene
- what prerequisites do i need for dental school
- what prerequisites do i need for law school
contingency
English
Etymology
contingent +? -cy (16th century).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?nd??nsi/
Noun
contingency (countable and uncountable, plural contingencies)
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. [1560s]
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [1610s]
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Synonyms
- (quality of happening by chance): possibility
- See also Thesaurus:option
Antonyms
- (quality of happening by chance): inevitability, impossibility
Coordinate terms
- (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction): contradiction, tautology
Derived terms
- contingency plan
Translations
contingency From the web:
- what contingency means
- what contingent means in real estate
- what contingency plan
- what contingency theory
- what contingency theory describes
- what contingency plan mean
- what is meant by contingency
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