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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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Crosswords: PRE- |
| English words defined with "PRE-": Prae-. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PRE-": axiomatic semantics ♦ Family Leave ♦ indirect address ♦ Neuromuscular Junction Diseases ♦ Receptors, 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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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 68.57% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 31.43% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 | 前 (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 pré-. (various references) пред- (fore-), до-. (various references) pre-, ante-. (various references) 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) 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) перед- (afore-), до-. (various references) rhag- (ante-, fore-), cyn- (ex-, first, former, previous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words ending with "e-": De-, Ge-. (additional references) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 45 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01000101 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R E - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0045 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50523915 |
| 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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