Definition of "preconditions" []

• Plural form of precondition. (noun)

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• "Certain conditions and preconditions can be equally precise -- we shall only speak French during our negotiations, each party shall have jars of jellybeans in arm's reach -- but where _conditions_ apply generally to all such negotiations, _preconditions_ are incorporated into the specific terms of that specific agreement."
• "Hillary focused on her 'scars' and the term preconditions ... thus her phrasing was about not 'promising'."
• "You have to build what we call the preconditions of democracy: help to build independent media, help economic development, women's rights, effective political parties, an effective civil society."