different between prerequisite vs liberty

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)

1. 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)

1. Something that must be gained in order to gain something else

   A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession.

2. 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

English

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?b?ti/

Noun

liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)

1. The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
2. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

3. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
4. Freedom from excessive government control.
5. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

6. (often plural) A breach of social convention.

7. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
8. (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms

• freedom

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Birtley, Tribley

Italian

Noun

liberty m (invariable)

1. art nouveau