precondition

plural preconditions · alternative pre-condition

1. A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.

   A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

   3 more examples

   Presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told Russia Today TV on Tuesday that the government would attend without preconditions and with the goal of stopping violence and terrorism in the country, SANA reported.

   2013 November 6, CNN Staff, “Official: Syrian government to attend Syria II without preconditions”, in CNN

   “The Office will refuse to register works entirely generated by AI,” says Robert Kasunic of the USCO. “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.”

   2023 June 28, Matt Growcoot, “Copyright Office Refuses to ‘Register Works Entirely Generated by AI’”, in PetaPixel

   After a failed attempt by ministers to bounce the union into an agreement by announcing its terms (which included all sorts of union red lines such as drivers having to pay for their own training) in the media rather than over the negotiation table, there is an understandable reluctance on the part of the unions to engage in any discussions unless there are no preconditions.

   2023 September 6, Christian Wolmar, “Rail strikes: little prospect of negotiations”, in RAIL, number 991, page 44

   Synonyms: prerequisite

2. A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.

present singular third person preconditions · participle present preconditioning · participle past preconditioned · past preconditioned · alternative pre-condition

1. biologyTo condition in advance

   The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.

   1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., “Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart”, in Basic Research in Cardiology, volume 91, number 5