单词 | prelect |
释义 | prelector prae·lect[ pri-lekt ] / prɪˈlɛkt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prelect ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to lecture or discourse publicly. Origin of prelect1610–20; <Latin praelectus, past participle of praelegere to lecture, equivalent to prae-pre- + legere to read aloud; see lection OTHER WORDS FROM prelectpre·lec·tion [pri-lek-shuhn], /prɪˈlɛk ʃən/, nounpre·lec·tor, nounWords nearby prelectprelatism, prelature, prelaunch, pre-law, prelease, prelect, prelexical, prelibation, prelim, preliminaries, preliminary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prelect
British Dictionary definitions for prelectprelect / (prɪˈlɛkt) / verb(intr) rare to lecture or discourse in public Derived forms of prelectprelection, nounprelector, nounWord Origin for prelectC17: from Late Latin praelegere to instruct by reading, lecture, from prae in front of, in public + legere to read, choose Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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