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PRE-

Definition: PRE-

PRE-

1. A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preeminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: PRE-

DomainDefinition

Satire

PRE-:ADAMITE:, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation and lived under conditions not easily conceived. Melsius believed them to have inhabited "the Void" and to have been something intermediate between fishes and birds. Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied Cain with a wife and theologians with a controversy. PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or pr. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PRE-

English words defined with "PRE-": Prae-. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PRE-": axiomatic semanticsFamily Leaveindirect addressNeuromuscular Junction DiseasesReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2. (references)
Etymologies containing "PRE-": Praecognita, Praecornu, Praenares, Precinct, Precogitate, Precognition, Prefident, Prefloration, Prefoliation, Preform, Prefulgency, Prehallux, Premaxilla, Premotion, Prenunciation, Preoblongata, Prepotent, Prepubis, Presentiment, Presstriction, Pretentative, Prezygapophysis. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PRE-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (pre-), Italian (pre-), Serbo-Croatian (fore-), Spanish (pre-).

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Commercial Usage: PRE-

DomainTitle

Books

  • Surgery of Anorectal Diseases: With Pre- And Postoperative Management (reference)

  • Early Germanic Grammar: Pre-, Proto-, and Post-Germanic Languages (reference)

  • Pre- And Post-Natal Fitness: A Guide for Fitness Professionals from the American Council on Exercise (reference)

  • Permanent Press: Pre- Or Post-Cure (reference)

  • Pre- And Postanesthesia Nursing Knowledge Base and Clinical Competencies (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PRE-

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Study of this question should include both pre- and postmenopausal women. (references)

Furthermore, research costs can be greatly increased by pre- and post-test counseling and followup or referral for research subjects who are identified as HIV-positive in the study. (references)

Non-lethal exceptions are extremely rare. To date only six documented cases of human survival from clinical rabies have been reported and each included a history of either pre- or postexposure prophylaxis. (references)

Business

Readiness to provide pre- and post-sale consulting and engineering assistance is considered to be important for successfully entering the Spanish market. (references)

These providers take advantage of excess carrier capacity in the system to provide services based on telephone cards or pre- and post-payment accounting mechanisms. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

New political parties were allowed to form in 1983 as long as founding members were not leaders or members of Parliament attached to any pre- 1980 political parties. (references)

Yemen

The maximum ad rate on Channel One for imported brand products during pre- or post-prime time (from 7:30 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. and from 11:30 p.m. to the end of the transmission) is $335 per 30 seconds between programs and $435 per 30 seconds during programs. (references)

Malaysia

Provides qualified exporters with below-market, short-term commercial credit for pre- and post-shipment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PRE-

"PRE-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.57% of the time. "PRE-" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)68.57%2471,196
Noun (singular)31.43%11106,044
                    Total100.00%35N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PRE-

Language Translations for "PRE-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pre-, para- (fore-, para-, pro-). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قبل بادئة (pro-). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

предварително (aforetime, beforehand, in advance, previously), пред-. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(Ago, ex, former, lastly, PRE). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sterilisationsfase før eller efter forarbejdning (pre- or post-process sterilisation phase). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sterilisatiefase vóór of na het verwerkingsproces (pre- or post-process sterilisation phase). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

esi. (various references)

   

French

  

pré-. (various references)

   

German

  

prä-. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προ- (ante). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pre-. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

プラント輸出 (angrily, export of manufacturing plant, in a huff, in anger, plait, planner, planning, pleat, pleated skirt, pre-amplifier, preference, prefix, preprocessor, prerecording, preset, pretty, pretty-print, priest, prima ballerina, prima donna, primitive, primitive art, prince, Prince Edward Island, prince melon, princess, princess coat, principle, printer, prism, pudding). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

プリ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(ex, Highness, PRE). (various references)

   

Manx

  

roie- (afore-, fore-, formerly, prefix fore-, preliminary, pristine, pro forma). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

e-pray

   

Portuguese

  

pré-. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пред- (fore-), до-. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pre-, ante-. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

för- (fore-, forward), för (about, as, at, because, for, fore, from, in order to, of, over, per, pre, prow, so, to, too, towards, unto, with). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

öncesi, önceki (antecedent, anterior, before, ex, ex-, foregoing, former, hereinabove, last, old, onetime, preceding, previous, prior, pristine, pro-, quondam, sometime, the former), önceden (afore, aforetime, ahead, already, before now, beforehand, beforetime, ere now, erstwhile, formerly, heretofore, in advance, in anticipation, onetime, previously), önce (above, afore, ago, ante, ante-, back, before, early, ere, first, firstly, in advance, prior, prior to, pro-), ön (ante-, anterior, face, fore, forward, front, frontal, initiative, precursory, preliminary, presence, pro-). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

перед- (afore-), до-. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

rhag- (ante-, fore-), cyn- (ex-, first, former, previous). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PRE-"

Words ending with "e-": De-, Ge-. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PRE-

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: per, rep.

Words within the letters "e-p-r"

-1 letter: er, pe, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-p-r"
 

+1 letter: aper, pare, pear, peer, peri, perk, perm, perp, pert, pier, pore, pree, prep, prex, prey, prez, pure, pyre, rape, reap, repo, repp, reps, ripe, rope.

 

+2 letters: apers, apery, apres, apter, arpen, asper, caper, coper, crape, creep, crepe, crept, crepy, cripe, doper, drape, drupe, duper, ephor, erupt, gaper, grape, gripe, grope, hoper, hyper, japer, kreep, leper, loper, moper, opera, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, pedro, peers, peery, perch, perdu, perdy, perea, peril, peris, perks, perky, perms, perps, perry, perse, peter, piers, piker, piper, plier, plyer, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, prase, prate, preed, preen, prees, preps, presa, prese, press, prest, prexy, preys, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, prude, prune, pryer, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, pyres, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, reaps, rebop, recap, redip, remap, repay, repeg, repel, repin, reply, repos, repot, repps, repro, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, rupee, spare, spear, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore, spree, sprue, strep, super, taper, toper, tripe, trope, twerp, upper, viper, wiper.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PRE-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 52 45 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010010 01000101 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#69 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 0045 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50523915

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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