Pre- Definition

prē, pri
prefix
Earlier; before; prior to.
Prehistoric.
American Heritage
Preparatory; preliminary.
Premedical.
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In advance.
Prepay.
American Heritage
Anterior; in front of.
Preaxial.
American Heritage
affix
Before in time, earlier (than), prior (to)
Presuppose, prewar.
Webster's New World
Before in place, in front (of), anterior (to)
Preaxial.
Webster's New World
Before in rank, superior (to), surpassing.
Preeminent.
Webster's New World
Preliminary to, in preparation for.
Preschool.
Webster's New World
Before the usual or expected time for doing so.
Preapprove, preprogrammed.
Webster's New World
preposition

Before (something significant).

Wiktionary
noun

(slang) Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

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verb

(slang) To precum, to pre-ejaculate.

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Origin of Pre-

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin prae- from prae before, in front per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME < OFr & L: L prae- < prae, before, in front of < IE *prai, var. of base *per, beyond > fore, first

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Latin prae (“in front of"), see pre-

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviated from precum.

    From Wiktionary

Pre- Sentence Examples

  • Guests are strongly advised to pre book these items ahead of their visit.

  • The same word does not appear elsewhere; but we find its two parts separately, such as Gurung pre, Murmi pre, Taksya phre and Takpa gyet, Serpa gye, Garo chet, &c. Rta (horse) is reduced to to in speech, but we find ri, rhyi, roh in Sokpa, Horpa, Tochu, Minyak, and td, tah, teh, t'ay in Lhopa, Serpa, Murmi, Kami, Takpa, &c., both with the same meaning.

  • By contrast, the Palm Pre should launch in Canada very soon.

  • Meanwhile Peter of Aragon was watching and pre the citizens of the great cities, a king would be acceptable; Peter was chosen with little opposition in a parliament at Palermo, and a struggle of twenty-one years began, of which Charles and Peter saw only the first stage.

  • There is, unfortunately, no easy answer to this, and much depends on how you were raised, your family's personal values, and the personality & past track record of your pre teenager.

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