单词 | pre |
释义 | pre- (priː-) prefix Pre- is used to form words that indicate that something takes place before a particulardate, period, or event. ...his pre-war job. ...pre-1971 cars. ...life in pre-industrial England. pre- in British Englishprefix before in time, rank, order, position, etc predate pre-eminent premeditation prefrontal preschool Word origin from Latin prae-, from prae before, beforehand, in frontpre- in American English (pri; prɪ) 1. before in time, earlier (than), prior (to) presuppose, prewar 2. before in place, in front (of), anterior (to) preaxial 3. before in rank, superior (to), surpassing preeminent 4. preliminary to, in preparation for preschool Word origin ME < OFr & L: L prae- < prae, before, in front of < IE *prai, var. of base *per, beyond > fore, firstExamples of 'pre-' in a sentence |
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