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Precondition

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Assumption 76% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Premise 76% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 76% connected

Premise.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prerequisite 76% connected

Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Requirement 76% connected

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Supposal 76% connected

The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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Supposition 76% connected

The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Proviso 76% connected

An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the wor…

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Presume 74% connected

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Presume 74% connected

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Condition 92% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Given 92% connected

of Give

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Presumption 92% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Stipulation 92% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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