"precourse" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pre- + course.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "text": "We compared precourse and postcourse scores.",
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        }
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        "Before a course, such as of training or medical treatment"
      ],
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          "course"
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  "word": "precourse"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "precourses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precoursing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precoursed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precoursed",
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        "past"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "extra": "forerun, precede",
          "word": "precurse"
        }
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        "Alternative form of precurse (“forerun, precede”)"
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        [
          "precurse",
          "precurse#English"
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        "alt-of",
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  "word": "precourse"
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      "word": "postcourse"
    }
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    "English verbs",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + course.",
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      },
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "We compared precourse and postcourse scores.",
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      ],
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        "Before a course, such as of training or medical treatment"
      ],
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        [
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          "course"
        ]
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  ],
  "word": "precourse"
}

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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precoursing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "precoursed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
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          "precurse#English"
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