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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:
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- what prerequisites do i need for dental school
- what prerequisites do i need for law school
pleasure
English
Etymology
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin place? (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pl???/
- (General American) enPR: pl?zh??r, IPA(key): /?pl???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Hyphenation: pleas?ure
Noun
pleasure (countable and uncountable, plural pleasures)
- (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
- Antonyms: displeasure, pain
- (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- Synonyms: delight, joy
- Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
- (uncountable) One's preference.
- Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish
- (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
- Synonym: discretion
- He will do his pleasure on Babylon.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
pleasure
- pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Verb
pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)
- (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
- Synonyms: please, gratify
- (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
- (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
Translations
Related terms
- displeasure
- please
- pleasant
Further reading
- pleasure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pleasure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- serpulae
pleasure From the web:
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- what pleasure does kissing give
- what pleasure does one gain from the rain
- what pleasure does smoking give
- what pleasures makeup paradise on earth
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