corequisite

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noun

A course that must be or can be taken concurrently with a given course.

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Meanings

nouncorequisite (plural corequisites)

plural corequisites

  1. educationA course that must be or can be taken concurrently with a given course.
  2. Any of a set of things that require each other.

    These three fix releases are corequisites of each other and must be applied together for all the fixes to work.

    2011, Frank Tsui, Orlando Karam, Essentials of Software Engineering, page 332

Origin

From co- + requisite.

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APA

corequisite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corequisite

MLA

“corequisite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corequisite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corequisite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corequisite.

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