prerequisite to vs prerequisite for

Both "prerequisite to" and "prerequisite for" are commonly used in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Prerequisite for" is more commonly used to introduce the requirement that must be met before something else can happen, while "prerequisite to" is less common and may be used to indicate a condition that precedes or is necessary for something else.

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prerequisite to

This phrase is less common than "prerequisite for" but can be used to indicate a condition that precedes or is necessary for something else.

This phrase is used to show that something is required before something else can happen or be done.

Examples:

Completion of the basic course is a prerequisite to taking the advanced course.
A good night's sleep is a prerequisite to performing well in the exam.

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Digitisation is a prerequisite to the preservation of cultural memory on the World Wide Web.
Our converting ourselves is not a prerequisite to entering the kingdom of heaven.
Accepting cookies is not a prerequisite to visit our webshops.
A key prerequisite to achieving this very difficult objective is a strong, wide-ranging and effective research and development programme for energy.
In addition to having trained muscles and lungs, another prerequisite to participate in the event is the desire to have fun.
For Higher Education students, it is also a prerequisite to the mobility.
In 1908, Cornell was one of the early medical schools to require an undergraduate degree as a prerequisite to admission to the M.D. program.
As prerequisite to granting the Voortrekker request, he demanded that the Voortrekkers return some cattle stolen by Sekonyela, a rival chief.
The one that made you feel like compromising your character Was a prerequisite to hanging out with them.
The end of military interventionism will not be a panacea, but a prerequisite to the extinction of jihadism.
A new ERM is essential but should not be a prerequisite to moving to stage 3.
We have to participate in agricultural financing, as our own budgetary contribution is a prerequisite to receiving direct support.
It was thought then of the country in the first place which is also a prerequisite to war.
For example, the validity review is a prerequisite to the other steps and must be obtained before the process can move forward.
The attendance of these courses is prerequisite to gain access to the various workshops, where students will work intensively starting from the first semester.
It could very well be a prerequisite to war preparations and a war led by the United States against Tehran and its allies.
The license is also the prerequisite to the doctorate (STD) in the same field (SapC 49.2).
Having a local presence as well as a broad international network of executives is a prerequisite to succeed in Executive Search across borders.
Completeness of licensing principles given in the form, the proposal, the establishment of the company, over land rights be a prerequisite to the commencement of field activities.
Because symfony makes extensive use of the object-oriented mechanisms available as of PHP 5, OOP is a prerequisite to learning symfony.

Alternatives:

prerequisite for
necessary for
required for
essential for
a condition for

prerequisite for

This phrase is commonly used to introduce the requirement that must be met before something else can happen.

This phrase is used to indicate a requirement that must be fulfilled before something else can occur or be done.

Examples:

A high school diploma is a prerequisite for admission to the university.
Experience in the field is a prerequisite for this job.

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Looking at the sentences included in the CoCA, it doesn't seem prerequisite is used with different meanings. Does one seem like a prerequisite for the others?
And successful completion of an introductory course is often a prerequisite for enrolling in a higher-level course. Examples of prerequisite in a Sentence.
Hello. I have a question about prepositions. A stable government is a prerequisite for/of/to a brisk economy. Of three prepositions, which ...
Causal knowledge as a prerequisite for confounding evaluation: an application to birth defects epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Jan 15;155(2):176-84. doi: ...
7 days ago ... A prerequisite for this is a minimum of variation among hosts in the time from infestation to elimination of the parasites. From the Cambridge ...
Microbiota-driven gut vascular barrier disruption is a prerequisite for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis development. J Hepatol. 2019 Dec;71(6):1216-1228. doi: ...
Oct 30, 2019 ... Oh, and let's not forget failure, which Dashun Wang and his colleagues at Northwestern University call “the essential prerequisite for ...

Alternatives:

prerequisite to
necessary for
required for
essential for
a condition for

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