"pre-" meaning in English

See pre- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /pɹiː/ [UK], /pɹi/ [US], /pɹɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-pre-.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pre-}} Middle English pre-, {{der|en|la|prae-}} Latin prae- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} pre-, {{en-prefix}} pre-
  1. Before; physically in front of; (anatomy) anterior. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: ante- [anterior], fore- [anterior], prae-, præ- (english: or pedantic) [archaic] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], p͛- (siglum) [obsolete] Related terms: fore, pre
    Sense id: en-pre--en-prefix-en:anterior Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 14 entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tatar translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 4 4 19 3 10 10 11 23 3 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Tatar translations: 81 19 Derived forms: pré-, precocious, precognition, predate, pre-existing, prefix, preheat, premonition, pre-op, pre-operative, preposition, prequel, presage, preview, previous, pre-war
  2. Before; earlier in time; beforehand. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (beforehand): ante-, fore-
    Sense id: en-pre--en-prefix-en:beforehand Disambiguation of 'beforehand': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (before): նախա- (naxa-) (Armenian), pre- (Catalan), 前- (qián) (Chinese Mandarin), -前 (qián) (Chinese Mandarin), 預- (Chinese Mandarin), 预- (yù) (Chinese Mandarin), před- (Czech), antaŭ- (Esperanto), etu- (Finnish), esi- (Finnish), pré- (note: before a word) (French), d'avant (note: to form adjectives, for example a pre-1960 car - une voiture d'avant 1960;before a number) (French), avant (note: to form adverbs, for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960) (French), pre- (Galician), vor- (German), prä- (German), προ- (pro-) (Greek), טְרוֹם (trom) (Hebrew), קְדַם (qdam) (Hebrew), पूर्व (pūrv) (Hindi), pre- (Ido), pre- (Italian), pra- (Malay), മുൻ- (muṉ-) (Malayalam), pre- (Norwegian Bokmål), pre- (Norwegian Nynorsk), پیش- (Persian), przed (Polish), pre- (Portuguese), pré- (Portuguese), до- (do-) (Russian), пред- (pred-) (Russian), пре- (pre-) (Russian), ro- (Scottish Gaelic), pre- (Spanish), pre- (Swedish), för- (Swedish), dipa- (Tagalog), алдан- (aldan-) (Tatar)
Disambiguation of 'before': 49 51

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "pré-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "precocious"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "precognition"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "predate"
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          "word": "pre-existing"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "prefix"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "preheat"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "premonition"
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          "word": "pre-op"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "preposition"
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          "word": "prequel"
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          "word": "presage"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "previous"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
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          "anatomy"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
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          "roman": "siglum",
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "word": "նախա-"
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      "sense": "before",
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      "word": "טְרוֹם"
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pré-"
    },
    {
      "word": "precocious"
    },
    {
      "word": "precognition"
    },
    {
      "word": "predate"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-existing"
    },
    {
      "word": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "word": "preheat"
    },
    {
      "word": "premonition"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-op"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-operative"
    },
    {
      "word": "preposition"
    },
    {
      "word": "prequel"
    },
    {
      "word": "presage"
    },
    {
      "word": "preview"
    },
    {
      "word": "previous"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre-war"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*preh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "pre-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English pre-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "prae-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prae-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "pre-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pre-",
      "name": "en-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fore"
    },
    {
      "word": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Before; physically in front of; (anatomy) anterior."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "anterior",
          "anterior"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:anterior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Before; earlier in time; beforehand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beforehand",
          "beforehand"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:beforehand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-us-pre-.ogg/En-us-pre-.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-pre-.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "anterior"
      ],
      "word": "ante-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "anterior"
      ],
      "word": "fore-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beforehand",
      "word": "ante-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beforehand",
      "word": "fore-"
    },
    {
      "word": "prae-"
    },
    {
      "english": "or pedantic",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "technical",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "præ-"
    },
    {
      "roman": "siglum",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "p͛-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxa-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "նախա-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qián",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "前-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qián",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "-前"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "預-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yù",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "预-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "před-"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "antaŭ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "etu-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "esi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "before a word",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pré-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "to form adjectives, for example a pre-1960 car - une voiture d'avant 1960;before a number",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "d'avant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "to form adverbs, for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "avant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "vor-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "prä-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pro-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "προ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "trom",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "טְרוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qdam",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "קְדַם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrv",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "पूर्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "muṉ-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "മുൻ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "پیش-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "przed"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pré-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "до-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pred-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "пред-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pre-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "пре-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "ro-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "pre-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "för-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "dipa-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "aldan-",
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "алдан-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pre-"
}

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